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Making Homemade Strawberry Nutri Grain Bars today!
And also, I am home and could not be happier!
Not that I did not like Oregon this year, because I did. The weather was incredible the whole forty-two days my family and I were there. Well, I guess there were two days in the middle with tons and tons of low clouds, fog and pure misery. Technically, I guess forty day were gorgeous out of the forty-two.
Even though it is like me to complain, I can’t. I love the sun and blue skis and that is all I saw. Honestly, I barely saw any clouds. It was awesome.
Although, I was inside half the time cooking, but I would have been doing that anywhere, no matter what the weather was. I am always cooking.
Always.
With that said though, I am still so happy to be home.
With all my stuff, my giant kitchen windows and three refrigerators. Yeah, three. Again, it’s awesome.
What? Is three fridges a lot? My family has always had three for as long as I can remember. Big family means lots of food and stocking up on things when they are on sale. It just works, really well.
I almost always have backups for my back ups.
I know, I am so spoiled over here. But I love it.
Oh and um, hello?
The grocery store!!
I have one a mile down the street and another one ten minutes away. Plus, TARGET! It’s been way too long since I stepped foot in Target. I miss Target. It’s time.
Bring on the red!
Now that I got my excitement out, let’s talk about school.
Ugh.
My least favorite topic on this planet.
Alright, that’s a total exaggeration, but you all know school was not my thing. Which is why I raced through it and graduated early, went to the local college and did what I needed to do and said “See ya”!
I may done with school days, but my younger siblings are still chugging on through. Ahh, well sort of. Red and Kai? They barely go, but hey, there is always little Asher who LOVES school to death and could not be more excited to start going a full day kindergarten this year. How can this be, she is not even five yet?
I am pretty sad she is growing up so darn fast. I wish she could just be my little side kick forever. Soon she’ll probably be too cool for me. And trust me, she already has a lot of attitude. It’s scary.
Anyway, I was thinking these bars would be the perfect thing to pack in lunches or to have as after school snacks.
Growing up I used to love Nutri Grain bars in my lunch or as a snack, which is pretty weird since I am not really a baked fruit girl or a jam/jelly girl for that matter. But for some reason I loved those bars……until I realized they are pretty processed and full of sugar.
Not cool.
Enter the homemade strawberry Nutri Grain bar!
It took me three tries to get the recipe right, but the third one was spot on. Super soft and moist, just like the packaged ones. Except with real strawberries and oatmeal.
The fresh strawberry filling is incredible, not so sweet that is gives you a headache, but sweet enough to make you say, “Mmm”. The dough that you are going to wrap the filling up in is almost like a moist muffin. It is so soft, slightly chewy from the oatmeal, with a hint of vanilla and cinnamon.
I am telling you, it’s spot on.
My mom, Asher and I have concluded they may not look as good as the real ones, but they taste a million times better.
Oh and Asher wanted me to share with you how she will be packing these up in her Frosty the Snowman lunch box and taking them to school.
She is very excited.
Oh, and so is Frosty, it just snowed up on those mountain tops.
Homemade Strawberry Nutri Grain Bars
Servings: 10 bars
Calories Per Serving: 290 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
- 3/4 cup Old Fashioned Oats
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, grated
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons plain greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup strawberry jam, homemade or store-bought
- buttermilk, for brushing
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, mix the flour, oatmeal, cinnamon, and salt together. Add the butter and toss to coat. Add the egg yolks, yogurt, honey, and vanilla and mix until combined, adding 1 tablespoon of cold water at a time until the dough comes together and forms a ball. 2. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Roll out into a 1/8-inch thickness. Cut the dough into about 4" x 4 1/2" squares. Place a heaping tablespoon of jam down the center of each square, leaving about 1/4 inch border. Brush the borders with buttermilk. Fold one side up and over the filling and then pinch the dough together at either end. Do the same for the other side and use your fingers to seal the dough together at the seams. Carefully roll the bar over and place the seam side down on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat with remaining dough.3. Cover the bars and place the baking sheet in the freezer for 10-15 minutes. Once chilled, brush the tops of the bars lightly with buttermilk and transfer to the oven, bake on the middle rack for 15-20 minutes or until lightly golden brown on top, do not over bake.4. Allow to cool 5-10 minutes, then carefully transfer the bars to a glass container with a lid, layering them between pieces of parchment paper. This will trap in heat and moisture, and slightly steam the bars, ensuring they remain soft. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days or in the fridge for longer. These can also be wrapped in plastic wrap and frozen, thaw for 1 hour.
Quick Strawberry Jam
Servings: 1 cup
Calories Per Serving: 565 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups fresh or frozen strawberries
- 1/3 cup honey
- juice of 1 lemon
- pinch of kosher salt
Instructions
- 1. Add the strawberries, honey, lemon juice, and a pinch of salt to a medium size pot set over high heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, once boiling use a potato masher or fork to break down and mash the blueberries. Continue to cook for 5-8 minutes or until the jam has reduced and thickened by half. Remove from the heat and let cool. Store in a glass jar in the fridge for up to two weeks.
Notes
Nutritional values are based on the whole rceipe
How is it already back to school time? Where did summer go?!?
Do you think regular flour will work?
Yup! Should work great!
Hope you love these!
Trying them today ones with strawberries & some with raspberries.
Oh I hope they work great for you!
I love nutri grains, but like you not the sugariness. These look great, must give them a go at some point
Thanks Laura! Hope you love them!
I’ve been searching for a good fruit and grain recipe! My daughter has been asking me to make her some! I’m so excited to try this! That snowman lunch box rocks!
Thank you so much, Tanya!! Hope you guys love these!
Love these bars. And totally love that Frosty lunchbox!!
Thank Jocelyn!! You should see the front of the frosty lunch box. So cute!
These look phenomenal — much better than store bought! I definitely need to try and make some soon. My kids (and I) would love them!
Thanks so much, Marcie! Hope you guys love these!
I’m determined to make these soon; they look awesome! I used to love those Nutrigrain Bars… I haven’t had one in forever because I try to avoid packaged foods like that now, but if I can make them at home that would be the coolest thing. 😀 I’m loving your blog, by the way!
Awe, thank you so much!! That is so sweet Alexandra!! I really hope you love these and thank you SO much for reading!
Okay, what? You’re only 15 and you’re already done school? WOW! 🙂 I am so making these for my kiddies for their school lunches….so much healthier! I like that! 🙂
Oh jeez, Nope! I am 19, not 15. LOL!!
Thanks Liz!
Love these! I used to have Nutri-grain bars all the time at school, but they get expensive and I’m all for homemade, it’s usually soooooooo much better, so thanks so much for the recipe!! 🙂
Thanks Annie! Hope you love these!
I used to eat Nutrigrain bars when I was younger too. I cut them out when I got older and made an attempt to cut out the majority of processed foods. Thanks for coming up with an alternative!
Of course!!
Thank you, Melanie!
I has to laugh at your hating school comment. I hated school until I got to college and then found my appreciation for my education. Now I teach college students!
These bars look insanely delicious! They look like they are WORLDS better than the Nutri-Grain version – the strawberry filling was always so fake to me. I am sure you could probably use a bunch of different berries/fruits in this. I am already thinking about peach and raspberry and blueberry. Yum!! Love your page!
I am so happy you come to love school!! I bet being a teacher is a very gratifying job!
I have been wanting to give blueberries a try in these, but peach and raspberry would be amazing too! Thank you so much, Crystal! You are so kind!
I used to be obsessed (like actually obsessed) with nutri grain bars. I haven’t had one in a while, but I love the idea of making something similar at home. Thanks so much for the recipe!
Thanks Ruta!
These look so much better than Nutri-Grain bars! Perfect snack idea.
Thank you so much, Laura!
These look AMAZING. I never thought to make my own Nutri-Grain bars, especially because I only like the strawberry flavour and when I was a kid, my mom would by the massive Costco packs and I would have to eat all of the flavours. Bleck. Totally pinning this and making some in the future!
My mom did the same thing!! LOL!
Thanks Lisa!
These look so good! I’ve experimented with homemade nutrigrain bars too. They’re tricky to duplicate but so much fun to make.
Thanks Megan!
That is officially the sweetest lunchbox of all time. And I love these bars, I’m a total jam/jelly girl.
Thanks Sarah!