Blueberry Oatmeal Bars (with spinach)

HEALTHY SNACK RECIPE FOR THE BUSY MUMPRENEUR'S FAMILY

B Y K A T L Y N N

Crunchy and sweet, but full of spinach?! Let the bars cool completely before serving so that the taste of the spinach has a chance to disappear completely. This is simply an awesome way to hide those veggies into the kiddie snacks.

EQUIPMENT:

N o n - s t i c k c o o k i n g s p r a y

2 c u p s G F - O a t s1

1 / 4 g l u t e n f r e e f l o u r b l e n d

1 / 2 c u p s u g a r

1 / 2 t e a s p o o n c i n n a m o n

1 / 4 t e a s p o o n b a k i n g p o w d e r

1 / 4 t e a s p o o n s a l t

1 t e a s p o o n p u r e v a n i l l ae x t r a c t

3 / 4 c u p ( 1 0 0 g ) b u t t e r o rm a r g a r i n e

1 c u p l o w - s u g a r b l u e b e r r y / s t r a w b e r r y j a m

1 / 2 c u p s p i n a c h p u r e e

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180’C Prepare a 8x8 inch baking pan with cooking spray or butter

In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients and stir well - oats, flour, sugar, cinnamon, bakingpowder, salt and vanilla (If you have a Thermomix, add all ingredients in the bowl and blend for 10sec on Speed 2)

Add the butter and mix into the dry ingredients until the mixture is coarse and no longer powdery. Be careful not to overmix – you should still see some butter chunks. (Thermomix 1 minute Speed

2)

Tip make sure that the mixture is not too dry it needs to be pretty moist to go brown on top. So add more butter if it’s too dry.

Set aside about half of the oat mixture; press the remaining half firmly into the pan. Bake until lightly brown at the edges (but not fully baked) roughly 13-15 minutes

Meanwhile, mix the preserve with the spinach puree in a small bowl.

Spread the jam mixture over the partially baked oat base. Sprinkle the remaining oat mixture over the top. Bake until the topping has slightly browned – 20-25 minutes. Cool completely beforecutting.