Ingredients and Method to make Blueberry Oatmeal Bar
Dry Ingredients
1 cup rolled oat flour (see notes)
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup dried blueberries
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 tsp cinnamon powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1 level tsp baking soda
Wet Ingredients
2 tbsp flax seed meal + 6 tbsp water
1/4 cup oil
3 tbsp almond butter
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
a few drops of oil to grease the baking dish
Pre heat oven to 350 deg F
Grease a baking dish with a few drops of oil and keep aside. ( I used an 8 inch round glass dish)
In a large bowl add all the ingredients mentioned in dry list and mix well.Keep aside
In a small bowl, whisk flax seed meal with water until it turns gelatinous. Add almond butter to this and whisk well until it the almond butter kind of blends with the flax meal with water mixture.
Add this flax seed meal mixture to the dry ingredients. Add oil, vanilla extract and milk to the dry mixture too and mix well until the mixture is well blended. It will be thick and have cookie dough consistency.
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Spoon this mixture on to the pre greased dish and spread it evenly.
Place in the pre heated oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes until toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean and the top is golden brown.
Remove from oven, cool thoroughly and cut into bars.
These bars do not require refrigeration and can be kept out for a few days. Tastes best fresh or within a few days of making it.
Notes
Baking times will vary depending on the size of the dish, material of the dish etc, so do keep an eye out to check regularly. I had about 3/4 of an inch in thickness when I spread the mixture, if you have spread it thinner than that, it may be ready in under 25 minutes itself.
I powdered rolled oats in my spice grinder to give me oat flour (you can use store bought oat flour too)
