Strawberry Oatmeal Crumble Bars (easy & vegan)

🧂 Ingredients

• 2.5 cups flour

  all-purpose, wheat, spelt or gluten-free flour
• 1 cup rolled oats
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• ⅔ cup sugar

  type of choice
• 6.3 oz vegan butter

  diced
• 17.6 oz strawberries

  fresh or frozen
• ½ cup sugar

  variety of your choice
• 3 tbsp cornstarch

  or vanilla pudding powder
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

  + a little lemon zest optional
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 356 °F (180 °C). Lightly grease a small 7x11 inch (18x28 cm)
  baking tin or 9x9 inch (23x23 cm) baking dish and line with parchment paper.
• 2 Rinse the strawberries, pat dry, remove the stalk and cut into cubes. Then place
  the diced strawberries in a bowl and mix with the sugar, cornflour, lemon juice,
  lemon zest and vanilla extract. Set aside.
• 3 Combine the flour, rolled oats, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl.
  Add the diced vegan butter and knead into a crumbly dough.
• 4 Add ⅔ of the dough into the prepared baking pan and press down evenly with the
  back of a spoon. Spread the strawberry mixture on top and finally crumble the
  remaining dough over the top.
• 5 Bake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes until the crumble is lightly golden
  brown. Then leave to cool for at least 2 hours to set. Cut into bars with a
  sharp knife end enjoy!

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