doris's gluten free breakfast bars

Name: Doris's Gluten Free Breakfast Bars
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cup(s) gluten free pastry flour; 1/2 teaspoon(s) xantham gum; 1 1/4 cup(s) rolled oats; 1/4 cup(s) sugar; 1/4 cup(s) brown sugar, firmly packed; 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; pinch(es) cinnamon; 1/2 cup(s) cranberries, dried; 1/2 cup(s) walnuts, chopped; 2 tablespoon(s) butter, melted; 1/2 cup(s) oil, neutral tasting; 2 tablespoon(s) oil, neutral tasting; 1 tablespoon(s) milk, or any non dairy version; 1 teaspoon(s) honey; 1 - egg, large; 1/2 cup(s) applesauce

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Doris Kinney

Merrimack, NH

Updated on Sep 28, 2014

I was looking for a great gluten free copycat recipe for Belvita's cookies and was not able to find one. I developed one only to find it was too dry to hold together as a cookie so added a couple extra wet ingredients and the breakfast bar was created. These are moist and quite filling.

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 25 Min

method Bake

yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups gluten free pastry flour
1/2 teaspoon xantham gum
1 1/4 cups rolled oats
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
pinch cinnamon
1/2 cup cranberries, dried
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup oil, neutral tasting
2 tablespoons oil, neutral tasting
1 tablespoon milk, or any non dairy version
1 teaspoon honey
1 - egg, large
1/2 cup applesauce

How To Make doris's gluten free breakfast bars

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Grease an 8x8 pan and set aside. Thoroughly combine all dried ingredients except walnuts and cranberries into large mixing bowl.

Step 2

Stir in wet ingredients until well moistened ( melted butter, oil, milk, honey, applesauce, and egg ). Add walnuts and cranberries. Spoon dough into prepared pan and smooth top. Bake at 360 for 25-30 minutes or until golden on top and toothpick comes out dry from center.
Step 3

Allow to cool in pan completely before cutting into bars. Enjoy!!!
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