Starbuck's copycat Oat Bars (no bake)

As a person that makes kidney stones, I follow a low sodium, low added sugar and low oxalate diet to avoid making them. I also try to minimize saturated fat and added trans fat. The recipes that I make and share will fit these criteria. Because many commercial products are high in added sugar and sodium and often contain foods that are high in oxalate, it's pretty hard to find snacks that fit my diet goals. So I've developed copycat recipes for snacks and other foods I like that had been off limits. I hope you'll find my tried and true recipes as enjoyable as I do.

These were inspired by Starbuck's oat bars. The taste is similar, but not as sweet and much healthier.
They have virtually no oxalates, and for a cookie-like snack, are relatively low sodium and added sugar.

Servings: 32

subheading: Prepare dry ingredients:

250g (2 cups) Rolled Oats (I find quick cook are best)

250g (2 cups) Rolled Oats -ground into flour. (You could probably use oat flour, but I've always ground the oats into powder)

½ tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

Combine well and set aside.

subheading: Prepare wet ingredients In a pot:

20g (½ cup) butter

80g (¼ cup) honey

60g (¼ cup) brown sugar (tightly packed)

50g (¼ cup) water

Bring to a boil and simmer for about 2.5 minutes

subheading: After cooking add:

1 tsp vanilla extract

Mix the wet with the dry.

(Optionally add chopped dry fruit and/or nuts/seeds).

Line a 9x13 pan with plastic wrap and press the mixture into the pan.

Put in the fridge until cool and hard.

Remove from pan and cut.

I cut the long way down the center, then each half down the center for 4 long strips.

Then cut each strip in half and each of those pieces in half.

Finally cut every piece in half one more time and you'll have 32 bars of 1.5" x 2".

Store in a container in the freezer. They'll last for months (if you don't eat them all sooner)!

Nutrition Facts (without any fruit/nut/seed options):

Serving size 1 (of 32 for the whole recipe)

Calories 97; Fat 6g; Sat fat 2.1g; Trans fat .1g; Sodium 62mg; Potassium 64mg; Carbs 14.5g; Fiber 1.6g; Added sugars 3.9g; Protein 2g; Oxalates: virtually none. Total for the entire 32 bars is only .5mg from the brown sugar + whatever there is in 1 tsp of cinnamon.

Servings: 32

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