Apple Oatmeal Bars
Make a gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free dessert that tastes like apple pie in under an hour with this apple oatmeal bar recipe.
Servings: 12 bars
Ingredients
- 2 apples peeled, cored and cubed
- ½ cup coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar or white vinegar
- 1 cup almond flour
- 2 cups Gluten Free oat flour or regular oat flour
- ½ cup gluten free rolled oats or regular rolled oats
- ½ cup coconut sugar or sugar of choice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon slivered almonds
Instructions
- Preheat oven 200 F. Prepare an 8x8 baking pan by lightly spraying it with nonstick cooking spray or use a nonstick pan
- In a mixing bowl combine flours, oats, sugar, cinnamon and salt and mix to disperse evenly. Then make a well in the flour.
- To the well, add the coconut oil and vinegar. Disperse flour mixture into the liquid until absorbed by the flour mixture.
- Remove 2/3 of the batter and press it evenly on the bottom of the baking pan.
- Add even layer of the cubed apples on top of the batter.
- With the remainder of the dough, sprinkle crumbs of the dough on top for the crumb and add slivered almonds on top.
- Bake 30 minutes at 200 F.
- Allow the bars to cool in the pan 30 minutes before slicing into bars.
Notes
- Line the baking pan with parchment paper after greasing it to make removing the bars quick and easy.
- Grate the apples into thin pieces so you get more apples packed into every bite!
- Use a combination of sweet and tart apples to enhance the flavor of the bars.
Nutrition
Serving: 1bar | Calories: 265kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 114mg | Potassium: 128mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 17IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1mg