Healthy Blueberry Crumble Bars

MAKES 12

Ingredients  

Crumble

• 1 cup oat flour

• 1 cups old fashioned rolled oats

• ½ cup coconut sugar

• ½ teaspoon sea salt

• 6 Tablespoons coconut oil, room temperature/solid

• 2 Tablespoons hemp hearts

Blueberry Filling

• 2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen

• zest of one lemon

• 2 Tablespoons water

• 1 Tablespoon arrowroot powder or cornstarch

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 180°. Line a square 8×8 baking dish with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray.

• Add blueberries, lemon zest, water and arrowroot powder to a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to a simmer and stir constantly for about 3-5 minutes or until mixture has thickened and some of the blueberries have started to pop. You want your mixture to coat the back of a spoon without being too drippy. Remove from heat and set aside.

• Combine oat flour, rolled oats, coconut sugar and sea salt in a medium mixing bowl.

• Add coconut oil to the mixture and using your hands or a spoon combine mixture until it forms into a crumble.

• Measure out ⅔ cup of the oatmeal crumble mixture for the topping into small bowl and stir in the hemp hearts.

• Add remaining oatmeal crumble mixture to the prepared baking dish and evenly press into down using your hands to form the crust.

• Pour blueberry filling on top of your crust

• Sprinkle the oatmeal and hemp crumble on top

• Bake for 35-40 minutes until the bars are golden brown on top and the blueberry filling is bubbling and sticking to the edges of the pan. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool completely. Be patient, if you don’t let them cool before removing them from the pan they will fall apart.

• Once cool, cut into 12 bars and enjoy right away or chill in the fridge before serving. I personally like the bars chilled, after they’ve been in the fridge for a bit.