Strawberry Vanilla Oat Bars
These strawberry bars are the perfect way to use fresh-picked berries. Layers of oats and crumble with fresh strawberries and vanilla!
Servings: 12 bars
Ingredients
- ½ cup chopped walnuts could also use pecans
- 1 ½ cup oats I used old fashioned
- 1 cup unbleached flour
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar + 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon pink salt or sea salt
- 6 tablespoon coconut oil melted
- 2 teaspoon real vanilla
- 2 cups strawberries sliced with 1 tablespoon flour and 2 tablespoon sugar sprinkled over the top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- In a small saucepan, melt coconut oil. Once it's melted, whisk in vanilla, maple syrup and salt.
- In a medium mixing bowl measure in chopped nuts, oats, sugar, and flour and stir.
- Pour coconut oil mixture over flour mixture and stir until there's nothing dry.
- Put half of this mixture in a Nutri-bullet or food processor and pulse a couple of times so it can be pressed easily to the bottom of the pan.
- In a separate bowl, slice strawberries and sprinkle 1 tablespoon flour and 1 ½ tablespoon sugar on the berries. mix well.
- Take the half of the crumble that you blended, and press it into the bottom of your pan with your fingers or the bottom of a measuring cup.
- Pour your strawberry mix over the top and spread evenly.
- Spread the remaining crumble on top.
- Bake at 350 for about 35 min.
- Let cool completely then cut into squares and serve.
Notes
Extra tips and notes in the post!