Apple-Oat Bars - reprinted from Vegetarian Times

• 1 ½ cups Bob Red Mill's Whole Wheat Pastry flour
• 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• .5 cup turbinado sugar
• ¾ tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
• 3 Tbs. coconut oil
• ⅓ cup organic apple cider or apple juice
• 3 cups peeled, chopped tart organic apples, such as Granny Smith
• ¼ cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted, optional

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease 9-inch square baking pan, or coat with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Mix flour, oats, turbinado sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg in mixing bowl. Using fork or fingertips, work in oil and apple juice until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
3. Press about 1 1/2 cups oat mixture firmly into bottom of prepared pan. Sprinkle with apples. Mix walnuts into remaining oat mixture, sprinkle evenly over apples and pat into even layer.
4. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until top is golden and apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into bars.


Serving Size: Makes 16 bars

Number of Servings: 16

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user VNICKERSON1.