Food & Wine
Strawberry oat squares
These strawberry oat squares are delicious and, believe it or not, contain next to no sugar or other naughty things. So what are you waiting for?
Ingredients:
- 2 ¼ cups quick oats (not rolled oats or the base won’t bind together)
- 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup peanut butter
- ¼ cup apple butter (can substitute apple sauce, but will give a less moist consistency)
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup slivered almonds
Strawberry filling
- 2 tablespoons cornflour
- 2 tablespoons warm water
- 2 cups strawberries, finely diced
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Method:
- Mix the cornflour with the water until it is completely dissolved.
- Combine the strawberries, sugar, and maple syrup in a sauce pan over a medium hear. Bring this mixture to a boil and stir well.
- Remove pan from the heat and stir in the cornflour mixture. Whisk this until all lumps are gone, then set aside to cool down.
- Preheat oven to 160°C.
- In a large bowl, combine the cinnamon, peanut butter, oats, maple syrup, apple butter, and egg. When thoroughly combined, press into the prepared baking pan, leaving half a cup of the mixture for later.
- Spread the strawberry filling over the mixture in the pan.
- Add the almonds to the leftover mixture and crumble it over the strawberry filling. Press this down firmly into the filling.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until the top is lightly browned.
- Cut into squares for serving.
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