Gluten Free Dairy Free Cereal Bar Cookies

57 mins

Make It Now Cooking Directions

These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.

1. Put oats into a blender and pulse until ground but still with some texture to it (mostly it will look like flour, but there will still be flakes and partial flakes in the flour).
2. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
3. Add the wet ingredients, except jjam, to the dry and mix until well blended and formed into a cohesive ball.
4. Divide the dough into twice the indicated number of cookies.
5. Oil a muffin tin.
6. Press one dough ball into bottom of each muffin tin, pressing each to form a raised edge, a bit like a pie crust.
7. Put about 2 teaspoons jam on dough in each tin.
8. Flatten each of the remaining dough balls into a circle to fit in the muffin tin and top the jam with the flattened dough.
9. Carefully press the edges of the top and bottom dough to seal.
10. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until baked through and golden brown.
11. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes before gently removing bars from muffin tin.

2 hrs

Freeze For Later Cooking Directions

These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).

Why would I want to freeze this?

1. Put oats into a blender and pulse until ground but still with some texture to it (mostly it will look like flour, but there will still be flakes and partial flakes in the flour).
2. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
3. Add the wet ingredients, except jam, to the dry and mix until well blended and formed into a cohesive ball.
4. Divide the dough into twice the indicated number of cookies.
5. Oil a muffin tin.
6. Press one dough ball bottom of each muffin tin, pressing each to form a raised edge, a bit like a pie crust.
7. Put about 2 teaspoons jam on dough in each tin.
8. Flatten each of the remaining dough balls into a circle to fit in the muffin tin and top the jam with the flattened dough.
9. Carefully press the edges of the top and bottom dough to seal.
10. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until baked through and golden brown.
11. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes before gently removing bars from muffin tin.
12. Flash freeze.
13. Place into indicated number of gallon freezer bags, label and freeze.

1 mins

Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions

These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.

1. Thaw: Countertop
2. Serve at room temperature.