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Fruit & Oat Bars

Jennifer Marcks / Gluten-Free MARCKS the Spot
Course Dessert, Snack

Ingredients
  

  • 1 banana - smashed
  • cup all natural applesauce
  • ¼ cup real maple syrup
  • 1 t. pure vanilla extract
  • 2 T pure olive oil
  • 1 cup of your favorite all-fruit jam
  • ½ cup chickpea flour or organic brown rice flour
  • 2 T ground flax seed
  • 2 cups gluten-free oats
  • 2 t. cinnamon
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • ½ t. guar gum

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°.
  • Combine all the dry ingredients in a small bowl. In another bowl, mash the banana.  Then add the applesauce, maple syrup, vanilla extract and olive oil to the banana.  Stir well to incorporate.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet and carefully stir until combined.
  • Lightly oil an 8 x 8 glass pan.  Scoop 2/3 of the mixture into the bottom of the pan, spreading it out evenly. 
  • Spoon the fruit jam, or your filling, on top and spread across the mixture. 
  • Gently sprinkle the rest of the dough on top of the fruit. 
  • Try to spread it out evenly –  it doesn’t have to be completely covering the fruit.
  • Bake for 30 minutes, until slightly browned on top.  Cool in the pan and cut into bars.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword dairyfree, fruit and oat bars, gluten-free