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Oat and Date Bars

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 9 people 1x
  • Category: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
  • Cuisine: American
Oat and Date Bars
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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

  1. Line a 9×9 baking dish and preheat oven to 180‎°C / 160°C fan .
  2. Combine rolled oats, ground chia seeds and ground flaxseeds in a bowl and set aside.
  3. Add water and chopped dates into a saucepan and simmer for 15 minutes or until mixture starts to become thick.
  4. Take saucepan off the heat and mix in baking soda.
  5. Pour mixture over the dry ingredients.
  6. Add in the maple syrup and stir until everythings well combined.
  7. Pour mixture into baking dish and press until its levelled and even.
  8. Bake for 30 minutes.
  9. Once baked allow to cool completely.
  10. Melt vegan dark chocolate and drizzle over the bars!