Nutty Salted Caramel Pie Bars
Crunchy roasted nuts combined with a crumbly pie bottom and beautiful chewy salted caramel. Yum!
- Yield: 12-16 bars 1x
Ingredients
Scale
Pie crust bottom
- 100g / 3,9 oz flour (I used 50/50 almond- and oat flour)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- A pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp nut butter
- 4 tbsp liquid sweetener
Salted Caramel filling
- 200g / 7 oz pitted dates
- 2 tbsp nut butter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- A hearty pinch of salt
- Two handfuls of assorted nuts and seeds of choice, very roughly chopped
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 mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl combine the vanilla, nut butter, and liquid sweetener. Add the wet to the dry. Mix until you get a nice “dough”. It should be quite moist and not crumbly.
- Transfer the pie dough to the prepared pan. Press and spread out the dough evenly to all corner. Prick it all over with a fork and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
- In a food processor, powerful blender or mixer, process and mix the dates, nut butter, vanilla, and salt smooth.
- Let the pie crust cool slightly, then transfer the caramel filling and spread out evenly. Top with the roughly chopped nuts and seeds, press them down slightly into the caramel, and and bake for another 25-30 minutes, depending on how thick, chewy, and firm you would like the filling to be. Take out, let cool and set slightly, cut up and enjoy.
Notes
You can of course make this recipe into a pie instead of squares. In that case, the baking time and such may need to adjusted.
Keywords: Pie bars, squares, gluten free, healthy, vegan, salted caramel, roasted nuts, dessert
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