Dark Chocolate Cherry Crumble Bars
Softly baked yet firm luscious cherries combined with gooey dark chocolate and a crispy, sweet, nutty crumble bottom and topping.
- Yield: 9 medium bars 1x
Ingredients
Scale
Bottom and topping
- 100g / 3,5 oz rolled oats
- 125g / 4,4 oz flour (I used 35g almond- and 90g oat flour)
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- A pinch of salt
- 4 tbsp nut or seed butter of choice
- 6 tbsp liquid sweetener of choice
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Filling
- 200g / 7 oz pitted and quartered fresh or defrosted from frozen cherries*
- 50g / 1,75 oz roughly chocolate, chopped dark
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150ºC / 300ºF and prepare a square pan by greasing and lining it with parchment paper. My pan was 18×18 cm / 7×7 inches.
- In a medium bowl, put the rolled oats, flour, baking soda, and salt. Using a large wooden spoon or such, give the dry ingredients a mix.
- In a separate small bowl, combine the nut butter, liquid sweetener, and vanilla. Add the wet mixture to the dry, and using your hands crumble it together. If too dry, add a splash of water.
- Transfer 2/3 of the crumble to the prepared pan. Press and spread out the crumble evenly to all corner. Prick it all over with a fork and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
- Transfer and evenly scatter the cherries and dark chocolate chunks onto the baked bottom. Top with the remaining crumble and bake for another 35-45 minutes. Take out, let cool and set slightly, cut up and enjoy.
Notes
*If you use frozen cherries, preferably defrost them on paper towels to absorb the extra liquid. Also, once defrosted place in a bowl along with with 1/2 tbsp corn starch and mix with a wooden spoon until coated.
Keywords: Dark chocolate, black forest, cherry, crumble bars, squares, healthy, gluten free, oil free, refined sugar free
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