Name: Blackberry Oat Bars (Gluten-Free)
Yield: 9 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups whole grain oats; 1 cup almond flour; 1 dash salt; 1/2 cup, melted coconut oil; 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 1/4 cup honey; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons almond butter; 2 pints fresh blackberries; 2 tablespoons sugar

Dessert

9 servings

402 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 °F and line a 9×9-inch baking pan with parchment paper.

Step 2

Add the oats, almond flour and salt to a food processor and blend until combined.

Whole grain oatsAlmond flourSalt

Step 3

Add melted coconut oil, brown sugar, honey, vanilla, cinnamon and almond butter to the processor and pulse to blend.

Coconut oilBrown sugarHoneyVanilla extractGround cinnamonAlmond butter

Step 4

Press two-thirds of the oat mixture firmly into the prepared pan to form the crust, reserve one-third for the topping, prick the dough and pre-bake for 10 minutes.

Whole grain oatsAlmond flourSaltCoconut oilBrown sugarHoneyVanilla extractGround cinnamonAlmond butter

Step 5

While the crust bakes, pulse the blackberries with the sugar in a food processor to roughly chop and incorporate the sugar.

Fresh blackberriesSugar

Step 6

Spread the blackberry filling over the par-baked crust, sprinkle the reserved crumble topping over the berries, and bake an additional 25 minutes or until slightly golden.

Fresh blackberriesSugarWhole grain oatsAlmond flourSaltCoconut oilBrown sugarHoneyVanilla extractGround cinnamonAlmond butter

Step 7

Allow the bars to cool completely before slicing.

This recipe is adapted from Wikibooks. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.