Berry Crumble Bars

For Sunday night dessert I chose to make use of all the beautiful berries that were in my fridge. I also used some of my strawberries from my strawberry patch as a handful of them were ripe and ready to be eaten! This dessert is gluten, dairy, refined sugar free and very versatile as you can use basically any fruit as the filling . So I hope you try it out and enjoy it!

What You'll Need: 

Base: 

3 cups oats ( half blended into oat flour, half regular)

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 cup apple sauce

3-4 tbsp. maple syrup

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup almond milk 

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 cup shredded coconut

Filling: 

2 cups mixed berries

1 ripe banana 

1-2 tbsp. maple syrup

1. Combine all base ingredients together in a bowl, mix well. Place parchment paper into baking pan, press base into baking pan. Save some of the base mixture to crumble on top. 

2.  Mash berries, banana, maple syrup together in a bowl. Place on top of base. 

3. Use the remaining base mixture, crumble on top ( I added a tbsp. peanut butter to this remaining base, but that is optional). 

4. Place in the oven at 375 F for 30 mins. Eat cooled with dream whip or warm with some vanilla ice cream, enjoy!