Vegan Date Breakfast Bars
If you are looking for a refined sugar-free, high in fiber and omega-3 fatty acids snack, try these Vegan Date Breakfast Bars. Loaded with dates, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds and oats, these bars are a healthier alternative to store-bought over processed energy bars.
Servings: 10
Calories: 287kcal
Ingredients
- 250 g medjool dates
- 1/2 orange zest only
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons all natural peanut butter
- 80 g pumpkin seeds
- 50 g walnut pieces
- 150 g whole flax seeds
- 100 g large oats
- 25 g chia seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 355F (180C)
- Line the bottom and sides of a 8-inch square baking tin with parchment paper
- Pit the dates and tear them with our fingers into a medium saucepan, add the orange zest, cinnamon and vanilla. Cover with 325 ml cold water. Bring the mix to a boil and let it cook for about 5 minutes until dates are soft.
- Take from the heat and mash the dates with a folk until you have a creamy consistency. Add the peanut butter and mix well.
- In another bowl, mix all the other dry ingredients.
- Add the mix into the medium saucepan and mix well using a wooden spoon.
- Spoon the mix into the prepared tin and spread it evenly.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, until firm and golden brown on top and around the edges.
- Leave to cool in the in tin before cutting into pieces.