Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

You know how sometimes you see a recipe and you just have to go and make it? Well that happened to me the other day when I saw this post on Tartelette. Helen said there are so many ways you can do these bars and she is right. The only thing I changed was using pistachios since I was just about out of almonds and I used some fresh (organic) lavender from the farmers market. These were so easy to make and so good instead of my usual boring egg and fruit for breakfast. They also make a good snack to take to work. I am definitely going to try these again and play around with different flavors. PS, how are you liking my pictures with the new light? With the seasons changing, I have less daylight with which to take my pictures so I ordered this bad boy and I am having an absolute blast playing around with it. It makes me feel like when I used to work on set and all the guys fiddled with lighting making us have long ass work days.



Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
(Adapted from Tartelette)

1/2 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup oats
1/3 cup raw, unsalted pistachios, chopped
1/2 teaspoon fresh lavender buds
1 egg
1/4 cup yogurt (I used non-fat Greek yogurt)
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a large bowl mix the flour, oats, pistachios, and lavender and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, yogurt, honey and vanilla. Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture and stir with a spoon until it comes together as a dough.

Turn the dough onto the parchment paper and form into a square (or something that resembles a square). Cut though with a sharp knife into 9 pieces and bake for 10-15 minutes. Let cool and break the squares apart.