This bar is a gluten free, lowfat, vegan and finally easy to make bar for kids and parents who are on the go and don't have time to fix breakfast or a midday snack. These bars can be made in bulk and frozen for future use, and if you never seem to have any time with the kids it's a great family activity - the little ones can measure out the ingredients and guess what is what, taste some of the fruits and even help wrap the cooled bars after they're cut!
Gluten-Free Fruit n’ Nutbars
32 servings
1 cup dried apples
½ cup dried chopped apricots
2 cups apple cider
1 cup water
½ cup dried kasha
1 cup Craisins
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup apple butter
1 cup sultana raisins
1 ½ cups buckwheat flour
2 cups sliced almonds
2 cups sweetened coconut
1 egg replacer
½ cup applesauce
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon baking powder
32 servings
1 cup dried apples
½ cup dried chopped apricots
2 cups apple cider
1 cup water
½ cup dried kasha
1 cup Craisins
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup apple butter
1 cup sultana raisins
1 ½ cups buckwheat flour
2 cups sliced almonds
2 cups sweetened coconut
1 egg replacer
½ cup applesauce
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon baking powder
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Put dried apples, apricots, and Craisins in a pot with kasha, water, apple cider, cinnamon, and vanilla.
- Bring contents of pot to boil and stir until mixture is creamy.
- Add the apple butter and stir until well blended. Remove from heat.
- Blend in raisins, flour, almonds, coconut, egg replacer, baking powder, apple sauce, brown sugar, and maple syrup to pot, stir until well combined.
- Place mix in two well greased 9 x 13 inch pans.
- Bake 25 minutes.
- Cut immediately, place bars on cooling rack.
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 158.2
Total Fat: 5.1 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 7.0 mg
Total Carbs: 28.1 g
Dietary Fiber: 3.1 g
Protein: 2.8 g
I eat organic Turkish dried apricots almost everyday; and when fresh apricots are in season, I those in abundance as well :0)
ReplyDeleteoooh, those bars sound so scrumptious!!
These look terrific, and I love the healthy ingredients in them. They appear pretty solid in the photo--are they soft and cookie-like? Or chewy? The addition of both the dried buckwheat and buckwheat flour sounds intriguing, too.
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