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Baked Acai & Strawberry Oats - a brilliant bake ahead breakfast, just as delicious the next day as they are fresh out of the oven. Vegetarian, sugar free, dairy free, gluten free | thecookandhim.com

Baked Acai & Strawberry Oats

Prep: 20 mins | Cook: 25 mins | Total: 45 mins | Quantity: 8 bars

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup walnuts
  • 1/4 cup pecan nuts
  • 3 large bananas
  • 3/4 cup almond milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tblsp coconut oil – melted and cooled
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 level tblsp acai berry powder
  • 1 level tblsp maca powder (see note)
  • 2 cups rolled oats
  • 225g strawberries – stalks removed and roughly diced

Optional:

  • 1 heaped tblsp raw cacao powder
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 160 Fan / 180 C / 350 F / Gas 4. Line an 8 x 8 inch baking dish or tin with parchment
  2. Put both the walnuts and pecans onto a baking tray and roast for 10 minutes till lightly golden
  3. In a large bowl break up the bananas into chunks then mash well with a fork. Crack in the eggs, beat together lightly with the fork then mix in the almond milk, coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, acai powder, maca powder and optional cacao powder
  4. Stir in the oats, strawberries and toasted nuts and optional chocolate chips
  5. Pour into the prepared dish/tin and bake for 20-25 minutes until set and lightly golden on top
  6. Allow to cool for a few minutes before cutting up

Notes

  • The maca is not essential for flavour in this recipe - it's purely optional if you want to include it for its health benefits
  • I always use raw cacao powder rather than cocoa powder - cacao is made by cold pressing unroasted beans and the process keeps the living enzymes in the powder and removes the fat.  Cocoa looks the same but has been roasted at high temperatures which changes the molecular structure of the bean, reducing the enzyme content and lowering the overall nutritional value.  Cacao is also known to have a higher antioxidant content than cocoa.
  • Allow to cool completely before setting in the fridge then cutting into bars
  • To freeze simply wrap in foil or place into a container with lid

Recipe by The Cook & Him at https://thecookandhim.com/recipes/baked-strawberry-oats/