Apple Breakfast Bar Gluten Free Vegan Options Food

OATMEAL APPLE BREAKFAST BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a 9" x 9" glass baking dish with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Cut in the butter using two knives, your fingers, or the paddle blade. The mixture should resemble coarse breadcrumbs. Scoop out 1 cup and set aside.
• Add the oats and honey to the mixture in the bowl and use your fingers to mix together without creating a paste.
• Pour this mixture into the prepared pan and press down firmly and evenly to create a crust.
• Add apple cores and leftover apple pieces (if any) plus lemon juice and vanilla extract to a food processor blender and process until the mixture looks like thick applesauce. You will need about ¼ cup of this mixture, so add additional apple pieces if necessary.
• In a medium bowl, combine the pureed apple mixture with the diced apples and stir well. Pour evenly over the crust.
• Sprinkle the reserved crumb topping over the apples, pressing down lightly.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the topping is golden brown. Remove the bars from the oven and let them cool completely at room temperature, about 2 hours.
• For best results, place in the refrigerator for 2 hours before cutting.
• Makes 16 bars.

GLUTEN FREE AND VEGAN BREAKFAST BARS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine almond flour, salt and baking soda.
• In a large bowl, combine grapeseed oil, agave and vanilla.
• Stir dry ingredients into wet.
• Mix in coconut, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, almond slivers and raisins.
• Grease an 8x8 baking dish with grapeseed oil.
• Press the dough into the baking dish, wetting your hands with water to help pat the dough down evenly.
• Bake at 350° for 20 minutes.
• Serve.

APPLE NUT KASHA BREAKFAST BAR

Steps:

• Put dried apples, apricots, and one cup of raisins in a pot with kasha, water, apple juice, cinnamon, and vanilla. bring contents of pot to boil and stir until mixture is thick and creamy. Add the butter and stir until butter is throughly combined.
• Take pot off burner and add the rest of the raisins, flour, almonds, coconut, egg, baking powder, apple sauce, brown sugar, and honey to pot, stir until well combined.
• The mix should be almost cookie dough consistency, if it is soupy add more flour. If the mix is too thick add another egg.
• Place mix in two well greased 9x13-inch pans. Then place in a oven that has been preheated to 350°F, for 25 minuets, or untill top is golden brown. Cut immediately and place bars on cooling rack.
• These bars can be made in bulk and frozen for future use. (They thaw very well).