Vegan apple and oat bars
These vegan apple and oat bars can easily be gluten-free if you use appropriate flour and oats. They are perfect for breakfast, afternoon tea, picnics and trips. If you don’t want the topping to be a bit crumbly, add date syrup to it instead of sugar.
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C and line a medium, deep baking tray with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, mix together the dry ingredients for the base. Add the oil and milk and mix well.
- Press the batter into the lined baking dish and put in the fridge to cool.
- Next, make the apple filling. Peel, core, then thinly slice the apples. Put them in a mixing bowl. Sprinkle over the flour, sugar and cinnamon and mix gently until the apples are well coated. Set aside.
- In another mixing bowl, stir together the chopped walnuts, flour, oats, sugar and cinnamon. Add the margarine and, using your hands, rub everything together until you get a mixture, resembling breadcrumbs. Set aside.
- Take the dish out of the fridge, and arrange the apple slices evenly on top of the base. Scatter some raisins over the apple slices, if used.
- Scatter the crumble over the filling, then gently press it down to stick to the apples.
- Bake in the middle of the oven for 30- 35 minutes, until golden brown.
- Allow it to cool completely before you remove it from the tray. Cut it into bars.