Soft, chewy, and delicious, these oatmeal squares are a great snack or breakfast item to go!

Chewy Maple Bacon Oatmeal Squares
Anybody love those breakfast squares Quaker makes? Or the chewy oatmeal squares made by Nature Valley? I absolutely love them and could eat a whole pack in a day as a teenager. I honestly enjoy any type of baked oatmeal anything. 
I tried out this Nature Valley Copy Cat Oatmeal Square by “Chelsea’s Messy Apron” and found it to replicate Nature Valley’s square very, very well. I think it is a good base for any kind of baked oatmeal square you’d like to make. 
Chewy Maple Bacon Oatmeal Squares
I used the aforementioned recipe for the base of this oatmeal square (it’s plenty good all by itself) and then added our absolutely favorite bacon topped onto a maple icing. I love maple bacon donuts and this recipe ended up tasting very similar without near as much guilt. 
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Yield: 9 – 12 squares

Chewy Maple Bacon Oatmeal Squares

prep time: 30 minscook time: 40 minstotal time: 70 mins

ingredients:

Oatmeal Square

  • 1 1/2  cups old fashioned oats
  • 1/2 cup oat flour
  • 3/4 cup AP flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 large egg
Maple Cream Cheese Icing

  • 4 Tbsp room temp unsalted butter
  • 2 oz cream cheese room temp
  • 1 cup powder sugar
  • 1 Tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tsp maple extract
Paula Deen’s Best Bacon

instructions

Oatmeal Square

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF
  2. Prepare an 8×8 greased pan or lined with parchment paper
  3. In one bowl combine all dry ingredients
  4. In separate bowl combine wet ingredients
  5. Combine contents of both bowls and fold until just combined
  6. Spread mixture evenly into prepared pan 
  7. Bake for 18 minutes
Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

  1. In mixing bowl, mix butter until smooth
  2. Add cream cheese to butter and mix until combined and smooth
  3. Add all other ingredients and stir until just combined (DO NOT OVER STIR)
Put it all Together

  1. Place frosting into pastry bag and squeeze out over baked and cooled oatmeal squares
  2. Top with chopped and cooled bacon
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Ashton • Keaton • Mia

Co-Owners at Keat's Eats
Ashton and Keaton began blogging together in 2016 as a passion project. Both siblings are lovers of food, family gatherings, and entrepreneurial pursuits, which made starting a food blog together a no-brainer.