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A great gluten-free snack
These bars have minimal sugar and no gluten, so they make a healthy-ish snack or dessert.
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Kimya J. favorited Cherry Oat Bars (Gluten Free)
03 Feb 02:54
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Nourish and Nestle published her project Cherry Oat Bars (Gluten Free)
24 Sep 06:00
You Will Need
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Step 1
Combine cherries and maple syrup in small pan and heat on medium heat until bubbly.Lower your heat and let simmer for 5 minutes
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Step 2
Add your chia seeds and continue to simmer for 5 more minutes
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Step 3
Remove from the heat and add vanilla.
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Step 4
Let cool at room temperature and then refrigerate.
You can do this part in the evening and let it sit in your fridge overnight. The cooler the better. Typically, I start my cherries in the morning and end up finishing the recipe 4-5 hours later. -
Step 5
FOR THE CRUST:
Preheat oven to 350' -
Step 6
Place the oatmeal in your food processor and pulse until the flakes are about a quarter of the size they were originally. Add remaining ingredients, except palm shortening, and pulse again until combined.
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Step 7
Add palm shortening and pulse until just combined. You may have some little bits of the shortening still showing, but you don't want to overmix.
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Step 8
Press your crust into a parchment paper lined, 8X8 baking dish. Really press it down and make sure it gets into all the corners.
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Step 9
Bake for 20 minutes
Remove and let cool completely before topping with cherries/ berries -
Step 10
FOR THE CRUMBLE TOPPING:
Combine all ingredients in your food processor and Press into cherry mix -
Step 11
Once assembled, put back into oven at 350' for 20 minutes.
Let cool completely before slicing. -
Step 12
Other berries, especially raspberries, are higher in pectin than cherries and so will most likely need a little less chia. Not sure it'd make a big difference, but just something to know. You can play around with the amount of chia you use to get the desired thickness.
