Cherry Pie Protein Bars
Serves 810 mins prep15 mins cook
Beautiful Cherry Pie Protein Bars with a protein oatmeal base and no-sugar cherry filling! These high protein cherry oatmeal crumb bars are healthy, low sugar, low calorie and low fat too.
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What you need
cup rolled oats
tbsp oat flour
tbsp coconut flour
cup sweet cherries
tbsp lemon juice
tbsp cornstarch
tbsp no-calorie sweetener
Instructions
0 Line a 8 x 4” loaf pan with parchment paper; leave an overhang to lift out later.Preheat oven to 350°F. Oatmeal Base: 3 In a bowl, combine rolled oats, oat flour, vanilla protein powder, unflavored protein powder and coconut flour. 4 Add in milk (little at a time) and mix. Mixture will be like a dough. 5 Transfer to ¾ mixture into prepared pan and press down. Cherry Pie Filling: 7 Heat cherries, lemon juice, sweetener and cornstarch in a small saucepan over medium, stirring occasionally until fruit begins to break down and bubble, about 7-10 min. 8 Use a spoon or potato masher to mash to desired consistency. 9 Remove from heat let cool (place in fridge). Bake: 11 Spread cherry mixture on base and use back of spoon/spatula to smoothen. 12 Spread remaining ¼ oat mixture chunks on top, and press down. 13 Bake for 12-15 minutes until slightly hardened.Allow to cool completely, about 30 minutes. 15 Lift layers out of pan, place on cutting board and using a sharp knife, slice into 8 bars.View original recipe