Pie Bars - Mixed Berry
Makes 10 Bars
Ingredients
0.5 cup Butter
0.33 cup Natvia
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
0.5 cup Hazelnut Flour
1 cup Almond Flour
0 Pinch of Salt
0 Juice from half 1 lemon
2 tablespoon Almond Milk
125 g Melted Butter
4 cup Mixed Berries
0.25 cup Natvia
1 Lemon Zested & Juiced
1 tablespoon Butter
1 tablespoon Chia Seeds
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
0.25 Cold Water
0.33 Flaked Almonds
0 Macadamias (for garnish if feeling extra nutty!)
Method
- Preheat Oven to 175°C.
- Add 1/2 cup of butter, 1/3 cup Natvia, and 1 tsp vanilla extract to a mixing bowl.
- Whisk the ingredients until they have combned and become slightly fluffy.
- Once fluffy, add 1/2 cup Hazelnut Flour, 1 cup Almond Flour, and a pinch of salt. Stir the mixture until it has all combined.
- Juice half 1 lemon and also add 2 tbsp Almond Milk & stir mixture.
- Spread the mixture evenly in a lined square baking tray.
- Bake for 20 - 25 minutes at 175°C.
- Add 4 cups of mixed berries, 1/4 Natvia, and zest & juice from 1 lemon to a saucepan.
- Add 1 tbsp butter to the saucepan and begin stirring on a medium heat until the berry mixture has started to mix together. (optional - add 1 tbsp Chia Seeds to fill the mixture out with a healthy additive!)
- In a seperate bowl, add 1 tbsp cornstarch, and 1/4 cup cold water. Whisk until combined.
- Slowly add small potions of the cornstarch and water mix to the heating berry mixture, whilst stirring.
- Once the berry mixture has thickened, (after stirring in the added cornstarch mix) take it off the heat and set aside.
- Remove the crust from the oven after browned.
- Spread the berry mixture across the top of the finished pie bars.
- Sprinkle 1/3 cup flaked almonds across the top of the berry and crust mix. *Also add some macadamias if you feel like being extra nutty!
- Once the finished dessert is ready, place back in the oven and bake for 25 minutes at 175°C.
