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Coconut Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

5 from 3 votes
A super easy and delicious way to start your morning! The coconut flavor takes you back to summer break.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 13 minutes
Servings: 16 bars
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Cookie Bar Dough
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter very cold and cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
Coconut Filling
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Taylor & Colledge coconut paste
  • 1 cup unsweetened coconut
Oatmeal Crumb Topping
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar lightly packed
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup Flahavans rolled oats reserve 1/4 cup for sprinkling on top
  • 3/4 cup butter cold and cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut for sprinkling on top

Method
 

Cookie Bar Dough
  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Grease a 9×13 glass pan with butter and set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together until combined. Toss in cold butter pieces and combine using pastry cutter, fork, or hands. I like using my hands best to create a crumbly combined texture.
  3. Add lightly beaten egg and combine with a fork. Dough will be reminiscent of clumpy wet sand. Pour into greased glass pan and firmly press the dough until even thickness and totally smooshed down. Dough will be fairly thick.
  4. Bake in oven for 15-18 minutes until cookie layer is a little brown but not fully cooked.
Coconut Filling
  1. Combine coconut paste, unsweetened coconut, and brown sugar until combined. Layer mixture on top of cooked cookie bar.
Oatmeal Crumb Topping
  1. In a large bowl, whisk flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and 1/2 cup oats until combined. Using same method as cookie bar layer, cut cold butter into oatmeal crumb topping until crumbly.
  2. Add crumb topping + another 1/4 cup of coconut and 1/4 cup of oatmeal on top of coconut filling and place back in the oven for 45-50 minutes until brown and smells delicious.

Notes

Check bars at about 30 minutes to make sure coconut isn't burning - remove from oven and place foil on top if coconut is getting too dark.