Gluten Free/Dairy Free Cereal Bars

If you are like me then you love picking strawberries and making jam. If your family is like my family, you may eat through two, maybe three jars in any given 12 month period. What's a girl to do with 9 extra jars of jam?

Make CEREAL BARS!

(Gluten Free/Dairy Free) Cereal Bars from the store are insanely expensive, I think around $5 a box, though I haven't had the courage to look recently so I can't be sure.

This test batch I whipped up this morning cost me approximately $3.50 for probably around 4 times more bars, it's worth a whirl. Here's the recipe:

2 cups of oats
2 cups of gluten free flour
2 tsp of xathan gum
1/2 cup of brown sugar (or agave or honey)
1 tbsp of vanilla
1/2 cup of soften butter (or vegan margarine)
2 tbsp of almond milk

250ml of jam of choice.

Mix up the oats, flour, xathan gum. Add sweetener of choice and vanilla. Mix. Work in butter with a fork. Use the milk to bring it all together.

Preheat the oven to 350F.

Spread 3/4 of mixture on a baking sheet (I used parchment paper to keep it from sticking) and press down until firm. Spread your jam over the bottom layer. And sprinkle the remaining 1/4 of crust on top.

Bake for 30 minutes, or until bars are golden brown. Let cool and cut into long bars.

They taste oh-so-good!