NEW RECIPE PROTEIN BARS NUT FREE VEGAN / VEGETARIAN

These high protein bars have a soft cake like consistency, they are a real treat, especially when still warm! Its a clean eating recipe, which can be made Vegan / Vegetarian and its nut free too! Perfect for me as my hubby has a nut allergy and most recipes out there use nut butter so I prefer not to use nuts or nut butters if possible in recipes.

Ingredients
Dry
3 scoop   Protein powder (any) chocolate flavour
20g         Natural hemp protein
2 tbsp.    Soya flour
1.5 cups Oats
3 tbsp.    Cocoa
1/2 tsp    Himalayan pink salt

Wet
1/3 cup   Chopped dates
3/4 cup   Apple sauce / stewed apple
1/3 cup   Coconut oil
3 tbsp.    Honey / agave syrup/ other syrup
2 tbsp.    Vanilla extract

Other
2 tbsp. Chia seeds (could use an egg / egg whites instead)
Preperation
preheat oven to 200 degrees
add the chia seeds to 6 table spoons of water and leave for a few mins (this is an egg substitute)
mix all the dry ingredients together
blend the dates and wet ingredients together
add the wet and dry mixture, use a little water if the mix is too dry
press into a baking tray (I lined mine with baking paper to prevent it sticking)
bake for 15-20 mins
cut into 10 bars
enjoy!


Macro Breakdown

Calories	197
Carbohydrates	18 (11 of which sugar)
Protein	9
Fat	9

Macros based on whey protein (chocolate stevia sweetened variety) Substitutions will affect macro breakdown)

To keep this recipe as clean as possible i recommend using an unsweetened or stevia sweetened protein, i used a whey protein, but to make the recipe vegan, any Vegan protein (eg soya, pea, hemp, or a vegan blended protein)

Apple sauce / stewed apple - i used an tinned variety but to make the recipe cleaner, you could stew your own!

find me on myfitness pal: Julias Protein Flapjack Bars