Vegan Blueberry Bars

• Produce

  • 1 cup Blueberries, fresh
  • 4 Dates

• Breakfast Foods

  • 2 cups Rolled oats, regular

• Condiments

  • 1 tbsp Almond butter
  • 1/4 cup Brown rice syrup

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 tsp Almond extract
  • 1/2 cup Brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1 1/4 cup Oat flour
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1/4 cup Coconut oil

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1/3 cup Almonds

• Other

  • 2 tbsp Chia seeds or ground flax

Found on oatandsesame.com

Description

Ingredients

• 2 cups regular rolled oats
• 1¼ cup oat flour (grind up oats to make flour if you dont have it on hand)
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 2 tbsp chia seeds or ground flax
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tbsp almond butter
• ¼ cup coconut oil
• ¼ cup brown rice syrup
• 4 dates, pitted and chopped into bite size pieces
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• ⅓ cup chopped almonds

Directions

• Line an 8 x 8 square metal pan parchment paper.
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• In a large bowl, whisk together all of the dry ingredients, nuts and dates included.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients.
• Add wet to dry and stir well until throughly combined.
• Fold in the blueberries and spoon the mixture your baking pan.
• With wet hands (to prevent sticking), press mixture evenly into the pan. Pressing firmly to create a nice tight bar texture.
• Bake for about 30 minutes.
• Allow to cool completely before cutting.
• Best eaten immediately. Otherwise cut into bars, refrigerate or freeze.