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Raspberry & Coconut Oat Bars

Oat Couture!! A Guilt-free sweet treat- Perfect for a coffee or tea break or popping in a lunchbox for a midday energy boost!

RASPBERRY & COCONUT OAT BARS

INGREDIENTS

METHOD

1.Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius.

2. Mash the banana in a mixing bowl. Add the oats, cinnamon, ground almonds and sunflower seeds to the bowl.

3. Add the sugar, Borderfields Oil and honey to a small saucepan, and heat over a low temperature until the sugar has dissolved. Pour into the mixing bowl and mix to combine the ingredients. Add the raspberries to the mixture carefully and combine.

4. Line a square 20cm baking tray with parchments paper. Tip the oat mixture into the tray and flatten down using a spoon, ensuring the mixture reaches the corners and is evenly distributed.

5. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden round the edges. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5-10 minutes, before cutting

into 10-12 slices.

For more sweet and savoury recipe inspiration visit www.borderfields.co.uk

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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Healthy, Recipe, Sweet, Tasty, Treat

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I like Soar Valley Life Magazine because ...

It informs me of local services.

JL - Hoton

it feels relevant to me and my lifestyle, from local ads to local walks, plus everything else in between.

LB - Loughborough

it’s relevant to where I live and the advertisers are often useful.

PS - Shepshed

Compact, refer back and you can get through it easily

TG - Shepshed

It strikes a good balance between advertising and interesting articles from a wide variety of contributors.

MY - Loughborough

It covers such a wide variety of topics and businesses. Moving to a completely new area just before covid, it helped me to feel more familiar with the locality.

AB - Sileby

It has a great variety of features that have a local interest. Always an inspiring read.

NC - Groby

It relates to the area I have lived in all my life.

ES - Loughborough

The variation of information is presented in an interesting and visual format

KH - Sileby

It promotes local businesses

DC - Rothley

For me it gives a sense of community and a bit of local identity in a world that’s is becoming increasingly homogenised.

CC - Shepshed

The articles are interesting and local to my area

It cheers me up with with its interesting, and often humorous articles.

DA - Walton on the Wolds

It provides a wide range of information for the local area

SB - Shepshed

It’s different from other local publications – friendly, informative, doesn’t feel impersonal

KW - Loughborough

It’s fun and a great read

VR - East Leake

It offers such a variety of interesting articles to look at and digest

WH - Loughborough

The magazine has a friendly community feel and includes something for everyone, young and old from puzzles and gardening to astronomy and health. A very useful resource!

AP - East Leake

There is always plenty to read and competitions and puzzles to keep the brain active. Useful for finding local tradesmen and services.

LG - Mountsorrel

It is local

CR - Long Whatton

It is quite a varied magazine with some interesting articles, tempting recipes and gardening ideas. I do look forward to receiving it.

LA - Birstall

It tells me what’s going on in the community.

AC - Sileby

it always feels friendly and positive.

JR - Long Whatton

It’s content is wide ranging, diverse and inclusive

SP - Loughborough

I enjoy the puzzles and recipes

HC - Loughborough

I enjoy trying out the the recipes

AM - Loughborough

It’s small, convenient, has everything you need!

OB - Shepshed

It has a good mix of advertising, competitions and useful articles to read and keep

AK - Cropston


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