{"id":35845,"date":"2021-04-26T06:49:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T10:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=35845"},"modified":"2021-04-26T06:49:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T10:49:28","slug":"peanut-butter-oatmeal-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/04\/26\/peanut-butter-oatmeal-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/04\/26\/peanut-butter-oatmeal-bars\/pboatmealbars\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PBOatmealBars.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PBOatmealBars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PBOatmealBars.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35847\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PBOatmealBars.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PBOatmealBars.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PBOatmealBars.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These bars are easy and quick to put together. They&#8217;re made of ingredients you have in your cupboard, and the fellas gave them the thumbs up! Perfect for packing in lunch boxes. <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup rolled oats<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup milk<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup flour<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Line a 8&#8243; x 8&#8243; pan with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat the oats, peanut butter, and brown sugar. Add the milk and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt together. Add it to the wet ingredients, then fold in the chocolate chips.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Cut into bars.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These bars are easy and quick to put together. They&#8217;re made of ingredients you have in your cupboard, and the fellas gave them the thumbs up! Perfect for packing in lunch boxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[2657,5065],"class_list":["post-35845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-bars","tag-chocolate-chips-peanut-butter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-9k9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43994,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/10\/28\/peanut-butter-oatmeal-banana-bars\/","url_meta":{"origin":35845,"position":0},"title":"Peanut Butter Oatmeal Banana Bars","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"October 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I love making bars because they're no fuss, no muss. 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