Trailside Treat Bars with Baked Oats

This baked oatmeal treat dish from Lemon Tree Dwelling is filling with oats and hearty and tasty. ideal for morning meals or everyday snacks!

This dish is excellent because, although seeming like a treat, it is simply oatmeal with a unique twist. It’s a fantastic meal to prepare in advance and serve to friends or store in the refrigerator so you have breakfast for the entire week. Chocolate chips are always a good choice, especially for breakfast, am I right?

It is based on Trailside Oatmeal Treats, one of my all-time favorite sweets from my youth. Do you possess them? They contain oats, peanut butter, chocolate chips, raisins, and are filling and tasty. Almost like a cookie version of a granola bar. And here it is—baked oatmeal!

Breakfast is ready in just a few simple steps: measure, stir, heat, pour, bake. What if the children want to assist? Better still! This is the perfect recipe for them to help with. It looks incredible, doesn’t it? It’s similar to having a cookie for breakfast, but without the guilt. Really, it doesn’t get any better than that!

Baked oatmeal from Trailside Treat

1 9-by-13-inch dish is served.

Ingredients

Old-fashioned oats, 3 c.

Brown sugar, 112 cups

5½ c. milk

peanut butter, 1/2 cup

3 beaten eggs

Raisins, 1 cup

Chocolate chips, one cup

Instructions

Oats, milk, brown sugar, peanut butter, and eggs should all be combined in a big saucepan.
Mix thoroughly, then cook while stirring often for 20 minutes, or until the mixture thickens.
Add raisins when the mixture has thickened.
Add mixture to a greased 9×13-inch pan, then sprinkle with chocolate chips.
Oatmeal should be baked for 30 minutes at 350 degrees or until it sets.
Wait for five minutes.
Warm serving; if desired, drizzle milk or more brown sugar over top.