Recipe: Almond Flour Breakfast Bars

Almond Flour Breakfast Bars

Serves: 9

Ingredients

• 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax seed + 2 tbsp water)
• 2 large bananas
• 2 tbsp. pure maple syrup or honey
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. white or apple cider vinegar
• 1 ½ cups almond flour
• ½ tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. baking soda
• 1 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ cup hemp hearts (or substitute with more chopped nuts/ seeds)
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• ½ cup chopped nuts/seeds (try chopped pecans, walnuts, almonds, sunflower or pumpkin seeds)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare an 8x8 baking dish by spraying with non-stick cooking spray. Set baking dish aside.
2. In a small bowl, prepare the flax egg. Let sit for 5 minutes.
3. In a large bowl, mash the bananas. Add in flax egg, maple syrup, vanilla and vinegar. Mix until combined.
4. Add almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Mix until combined. You will get a dough-like consistency at this point.
5. Add in hemp hearts (or additional chopped nuts /seeds), fresh blueberries and chopped nuts/seeds. Stir just until they are evenly distributed in the dough.
6. Transfer the dough to the prepared baking dish. Evenly spread the dough edge to edge. You may choose to top your dough with additional nuts/seeds and blueberries.
7. Bake on the middle rack for 22-25 minutes or until the top and edges are golden brown.
8. Allow the bars to cool completely before cutting and serving.
9. Enjoy as is or with a spread of nut butter on top.

Nutrition Facts per Serving:

Adapted from: The Roasted Root