Healthy and low calorie Blueberry and Oat Crumble Bars that are a great sweet treat for sustainable weight loss. These blueberry bars are made with greek yogurt instead of traditional butter or margarine--cutting the total fat content down significantly. Have these amazing blueberry bars for breakfast, snack or dessert.
Let's Talk About What Makes These Blueberry and Oat Crumble Bars so Amazing!
Blueberry bars for breakfast, blueberry bars for snack, blueberry bars...All. Day. Long. This blueberry and oat crumble bars recipe is literally perfect for almost every meal. It's as if you could live off them, and it's hard not to. They're just so amazing in so many ways, they're:
- Healthy
- Crispy
- Chewy
- Flaky
- Buttery--without the butter!
- Gooey
- Sweet
- Tangy
- Low calorie
- Low fat
Now, if all of those reasons don't have you eager to try this recipe, then we don't know what will!
What makes this Blueberry Oat Bar recipe healthier?
This recipe is healthier because it calls for greek yogurt instead of butter or margarine, which you would typically use in a traditional blueberry oat bar recipe. We also swapped out the white granulated sugar with Splenda--a calorie/sugar free sweetener. These two healthy swaps lower the overall caloric density and can be a great alternative for people who are trying to get healthier and/or lose weight. Furthermore, without cutting out entire food groups and the foods you love.
Some may argue that sugar free sweeteners are not healthy. However, The American Heart Association (AHA) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) have "given a cautious nod to the use of artificial sweeteners in place of sugar". Though, not a complete magic pill to weight loss, the AHA and ADA claim that calorie free sweeteners can "help reduce added sugars in your diet, therefore lowering the number of calories you eat which could help you attain and maintain a healthy body weight and thereby lower your risk of heart disease and diabetes". Read more about the precautions and health benefits of artificial sweeteners here or speak to a registered health practitioner.
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ENJOY AND HAPPY COOKING!
Recipe
Blueberry and Oat Crumble Bars
Ingredients
Blueberry Filling
- 2 cups Frozen blueberries defrosted
- 2 teaspoon Corn starch
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
- ¼ cup Splenda (or any white granulated sugar/sweetener)
Bottom Layer and Top Crumble
- 1 ¼ cup Flour
- ½ cup Splenda (or any white granulated sugar/sweetener)
- ¼ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ cup Plain greek yogurt
- 1 large Egg
- 1 tablespoon Brown sugar
- ½ cup Quick oats
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F and grease an 8x8 square baking dish. Line with parchement paper making a 3 inch overhang.
For the Bottom Layer
- In a medium sized bowl add the sweetener and then sift in the flour and baking powder. Mix together with a fork.
- Cut in the greek yogurt and egg using your fork until the mixture looks crumbly. Separate ¾ of mixture into the greased/lined baking dish and pack into an even layer with your hands. Set remaining ¼ mixture aside.
For the Blueberry Filling
- In a medium bowl add the blueberries, corn starch, lemon juice and sugar then mix well. Pour into even layer over the bottom layer in the baking dish.
For Oat Crumble
- Return to the remaining crumbly mixture and add in the brown sugar and oats. Mix everything together again using a fork. Mixture should remain relatively crumbly. Crumble liberally over the blueberry layer using your hands.
- Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely in fridge (approx 2-3 hours) before cutting and serving. Use the 3 inch overhang to remove the bars from the baking dish and then cut.
Kelly
Can you use fresh blueberries?
Corleigh
Yes you can!
Denise
Do you know how much fat per serving? Trying to find low fat desserts for my husband's restricted diet. Thanks!
Corleigh
Hi Denise!
I ran it through Cronometer and it says it’s roughly 3.7 grams of fat per serving. Hope that helps!
Lauren Masters
Delicious! I substituted two Tbs of the yogurt for 2 Tbs melted coconut oil, drizzled into the base mixture after everything else was mixed. (I thought it could use *some* fat, as my yogurt is fat free!) I also used regular sugar, a scant ½ cup. My only complaint, and this four stars, is that the mixture was not crumbly with a fork - far from it! It was a very doughy consistency for me, and mashed well for a bottom layer, but the top was a bit too doughy, and didn't mix Evelyn with the egg/yogurt combo. This made it dry in places. But overall, delicious and I LOVED the lemony filling and the overall flavor and base consistency! It was perfect. I'll make it again.
Corleigh
Hi Lauren,
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe and found a way to make it work better for you! They are definitely a little different in texture than one would expect due to the yogurt. Thank you for your rating 🙂
Karin
What is the calorie breakdown?
Corleigh
Approximately 170 calories per square if you cut into 9 squares.
Anna Vittum
If I want to use butter how much would it be. Salted or unsalted. Tia
Corleigh
Hi Anna,
You can swap out the Greek yogurt for half a cup of softened unsalted butter. Enjoy!