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Oat, Seed and Date Bars

Brenda Janschek
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 30 mins

Ingredients
  

  • 100 grams butter
  • 1/3 cup coconut or rapadura sugar
  • 1/2 cup Medjool dates chopped
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla powder or extract
  • 1 cup spelt flour
  • 1 cup oats
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 175 degrees.
  • Grease and line a 9 x 22cm loaf tin with parchment paper.
  • Melt butter in small saucepan, once melted keep on very low heat and whisk in the sugar until smooth.
  • Turn heat off, add dates and stir through. I highly recommend dipping the finger in to make sure it tastes ok.
  • Transfer to a large bowl and stir in egg and vanilla.
  • Add flour, oats, chia and sunflower seeds and stir until combined.
  • If mixture appears too wet, add in more oats and flour and stir through
  • Pour into loaf tin and bake for 20 minutes.
  • Cool in pan for 5 minutes, turn out onto a wire rack.
  • Once cool, slice into bars and pop into lunchboxes.
  • Can be frozen.

Notes

NB: If texture is an issue you can grind up the sunflower and chia seeds before adding to the mixture.