Ingredients

The following ingredients have 5 Servings
  • 2 cups blackberries (8.82oz, fresh or frozen)
  • 10 prunes (pitted, finely chopped)
  • 2⅔ cups old-fashioned rolled oats (jumbo oats, gluten free if required)
  • 1 cup nuts (any, whole or roughly chopped)
  • 6 tablespoons peanut butter
  • 5 tablespoons honey (or maple syrup)
  • 5 tablespoons almond flour/ground almonds
  • ⅓ cup dark chocolate chips (dairy free if required)
  • ⅕ teaspoon fine sea salt

Instruction

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F/ 180 C/ gas mark 4. Lightly grease a 23cm/9in baking pan, line with parchment paper (it should stick out on 2 opposite sides) and set aside.
  • Roast ingredients: Spread the oats and nuts on top of a large sheet and roast in the centre of the oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside (leave the oven on).
  • Cook blackberries: In the meantime prepare the fruit. In a saucepan combine the blackberries with prunes and honey. Cook until the fruit start releasing juice then simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring often to prevent the mixture sticking to the pan (squash the fruit with a fork as it cooks). The sauce should be thick, jammy, but still with some moisture in it. Remove from the heat and set aside for 5 minutes.
  • Combine dry ingredients: To a large bowl add the roasted oats, nuts (lightly chopped, but this is optional), almond flour and salt and stir.
  • Add remaining ingredients: Add the blackberry mixture and peanut butter and stir very thoroughly until all the oats have been coated.
  • Add to pan: Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking pan and pack in tightly.  Spread the chocolate chips evenly over the surface and press into the mixture. You can even it out using the bottom of a lightly greased glass.
  • Bake: Bake in the centre of the oven for 20 minutes.  Remove from the oven and let cool completely in the pan before lifting out and cutting. This recipe yields approx. 15 blackberry bars.