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Healthy No Bake Fresh Apple Bars with oats

Course Dessert
Cuisine Vegan
Keyword no bake, oil free, refined sugar free
Prep Time 20 minutes
Rest time 20 minutes
Servings 9

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1 cup old fashioned oats
  • 1 cup pitted medjool dates about 225 grams
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

Filling

  • 2 medium apples about 325 grams
  • 1/4 cup pitted medjool dates about 55 grams
  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Topping

  • 1/2 cup natural peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. In a food processor mix oats, dates and vanilla. You should get a mixture that sticks together.

  2. With your fingers press crust into a 8x8 pan lined with parchment paper.

  3. Roughly chops the apple off the core. Rinse food processor and add filling ingredients into food processor.

  4. Pulse until apples & dates are in little pieces; do not over process.

  5. Spread mixture evenly over crust.

  6. In a small bowl whisk the ingredients for the topping together until smooth.

  7. Spread the topping evenly over the filling.

  8. Cover and let bars set in fridge for 20 minutes.

Recipe Notes

  • Store bars in fridge
  • You can sub almond or any nut butter for peanut butter in topping
  • If your topping is not smoothly mixing you can microwave for a few seconds to help melt the peanut butter