These strawberry crumble oat bars are absolutely delicious and the semi healthy version that I made here was great for my sweet tooth. I’m trying to stay away from refined sugar but was really craving a sweet treat and these hit the spot perfectly.
A few things to note that you may find helpful
- As I mentioned, I was trying to create a healthy-ish version but you can use all purpose or whole grain flour instead of gluten free flour, butter instead of coconut oil and brown sugar instead of maple syrup. I don’t want to promote sugar consumption because it’s not doing me any favours at the moment but I have made these with sugar before.
- I put the peanut butter in the crumble that went on top this time but you can mix it in with the bottom layer instead. It can be a bit overpowering if you do both.
- If you are going really really sugar free, you can melt fresh fruit over a hot stove to make a filling. I’ve done it with blueberries and added corn starch to thicken it but this jam version was just a bit quicker
- Try to get good quality jam with less sugar and chemicals
Ingredients
1 cup of gluten free flour
1/3 cup of melted coconut oil
1 cup of oats
1/2 a cup of maple syrup
1/2 a teaspoon of salt
1 cup of strawberry jam (some people call it preserve or jelly)
1/4 cup of melted almond butter
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 cup brown or coconut sugar (optional. I used jam that had sugar in it so I didn’t use extra sugar)
Process
Preheat the oven to 350 and spray an 8x8 tin with non stick spray
In a bowl, mix together all of the ingredients apart from the peanut butter and the strawberry jam
Take around a third (1/3) of the mixture out, stir the peanut butter into it and then set it aside for the topping
Squish the other 2/3 of the mixture into the bottom of the oven tin and flatten it into the corners with your hands
Spread the jam over the crumble layer but not all the way to the edge because it gets all burnt and sticky when you bake it
Crumble the peanut butter crumble mix (the 1/3 you set aside earlier) over the jam and then pat it down a bit so it doesn’t all just roll off once it’s out of the oven (yes this happened to me lol)
Bake in the middle of the oven for 30-35 mins or until the crumble on top is the level of brown that you like
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