Vegan Raspberry Oat Bars
These Vegan Raspberry Oat Bars are low in sugar and ready in 30 minutes! They're easy to make and heavenly to eat!
Ingredients
- 1 cup raspberry chia seed jam, (or use store-bought jam)
- 1 cup instant oats, or rolled oats
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup coconut oil*, which will come out to ½ cup when melted
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened plain almond milk
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Oat Crumble Topping
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup instant oats, or rolled oats
- ½ cup coconut oil, melted, which will come out to ¼ cup
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix oats, flour, salt, and baking powder until combined.
- In a small bowl, mix melted coconut oil, almond milk, maple syrup, almond extract, and vanilla extract.
- Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well, until a dough forms.
- Transfer the dough onto the parchment paper and spread out evenly using your fingers to flatten and spread the dough to cover the whole bottom of the dish.
- Spread raspberry jam evenly over the dough.
- Make the (optional) crumble topping by combining all of the crumble ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Sprinkle the crumble mixture on top of the raspberry jam.
- Bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes. Allow bars to cool and firm up a bit before slicing and then enjoy!
Notes
Make your own low-sugar 5-Minute Raspberry Chia Seed Jam!
*Coconut oil - The recipe calls for 1 cup of coconut oil. When you heat this amount of coconut oil in the microwave, it will reduce to 1/2 cup, which is what you want (1/2 cup of melted coconut oil).
Calories: 237kcal, Carbohydrates: 18g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 19g, Saturated Fat: 15g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 46mg, Potassium: 52mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 4g, Calcium: 16mg, Iron: 1mg
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