Ingredients
Scale
Dry Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups roughly processed oat flour (2 cups oats)*
- 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1/4 cup cane sugar*
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
“Wet” Ingredients
- 1.5 tbsp chia seeds + 3 tbsp water (= Chia “egg”)*
- 2 heaping tbsp unsweetened applesauce*
- 2 tbsp melted coconut oil*
- 1/4 cup milk of choice (almond, coconut, cashew…)
- 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey
- splash vanilla
- 45 grams dark chocolate (broken up into little pieces; usually one chocolate square = 10 grams) (or 1/3 cup chocolate chips)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350ΒΊf or 180ΒΊc.
- Put Chia seeds in a small size bowl with water and mix.
- Roughly process 2 cups of oats. Measure out 1 1/2 cups of oats (you will have a bit left over).
- Put dry ingredients in a medium size bowl (with oat “flour”). Mix.
- Put wet ingredients in a large bowl (with chia egg – your chia seeds should have thickened up to a gooey egg like consistency). Whisk together until very smooth and creamy.
- Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix until moist dough forms.
- Fold in dark chocolate “chips”.
- Put in fridge for 30 minutes of more.
- Spread into a lightly greased baking pan. Smooth out with a metal spoon.
- Bake for 15 -17 minutes (until the top of the bars are slightly golden brown.)
- Let sit for 10 minutes and Voila! Enjoy!
Notes
- Nutritional Benefits: High in healthy fats and low in cholesterol π