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Oat and date bars, filled with ground chia + flax seeds 😍.With a drizzle of vegan dark choc (completely optional but highly recommend!) These bars are vegan, gluten free, refined sugar free, oil free…basically they’re whole food plant based heaven! 💕
Ingredients you’ll need for these bars
These whole food plant based bars could not be more simple with the following ingredients:
- dates
- rolled oats
- maple syrup
- ground flax seeds
- ground chia seeds
- water
- baking soda
How to make these oat and date bars:
- Mix dry ingrediants – oats, ground chia seeds and ground flax seeds. And set aside.
- Roughly chop dates.
- Add dates and water into a pan and simmer until thick.
- Mix in baking soda.
- Pour over the dry ingrediants and add maple syrup.
- Stir until well combined and pour into a 9×9 baking dish and bake for 30 mins!
How to Store Oat and Date Bars
You can store them in the fridge for up to 4 days when stored in an air-tight container.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 300 g pitted dates (roughly chopped)
- 2 cups water
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp ground flaxseeds
- 2 tbsp ground chia seeds
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 50 g dark vegan chocolate
Instructions
- Line a 9×9 baking dish and preheat oven to 180°C / 160°C fan .
- Combine rolled oats, ground chia seeds and ground flaxseeds in a bowl and set aside.
- Add water and chopped dates into a saucepan and simmer for 15 minutes or until mixture starts to become thick.
- Take saucepan off the heat and mix in baking soda.
- Pour mixture over the dry ingredients.
- Add in the maple syrup and stir until everythings well combined.
- Pour mixture into baking dish and press until its levelled and even.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Once baked allow to cool completely.
- Melt vegan dark chocolate and drizzle over the bars!
