Ingredients

  • 2 cups freeze-dried apples
  • 3/4 cup almond flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
  • 2 cups gluten-free crisp rice cereal
  • 1 3/4 cups gluten-free old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 6 Tbs. honey
  • 5 Tbs. virgin coconut oil, melted

Method

  • Preheat oven to 325F.
  • Line 13- x 9-inch sheet pan with parchment paper.
  • Grind dried apples to powder in blender or food processor.
  • Transfer to bowl, and whisk in almond flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
  • Stir in
  • rice cereal and oats, then honey and coconut oil.
  • Spread mixture on prepared baking sheet.
  • Cover mixture with sheet of parchment paper, then set second sheet pan on top.
  • Apply even pressure over sheet pan to compress mixture as much as possible.
  • Remove sheet pan and top sheet of parchment paper.
  • Bake 25 minutes, or until mixture is golden brown.
  • Cool 5 minutes, then transfer to cutting board using parchment paper to lift mixture from pan.
  • Slice into three rows of five rectangles.
  • Cool completely before separating into bars.