OATMEAL AND FRUIT SQUARES
250 g oats
230 g plain flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
170 g unsalted butter, softened
½ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
130 g sugar substitute
450 g fresh or frozen, cherries, raspberries or any fruit of your choice
Grated rind and juice of ½ an orange
45 g cornflour
50 g pistachios roughly chopped
1
Preheat the oven to 160C/Gas 2; grease a 35cm x 25cm baking tin and line with baking parchment
2
Mix together the oats, flour, cinnamon, butter, salt, vanilla and half the sugar substitute until very well and evenly combined
3
Place 2/3 of the oat mixture into the tin and press down lightly; keep the remaining 1/3 for the topping
4
Blend the fruit, the rest of the sugar substitute, the orange juice, orange rind and cornflour until well combined
5
Spread the fruit mixture over the oat base and add ½ the pistachios; sprinkle the remaining oat mixture and pistachios over the top
6
Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden; cut into squares while warm then cool completely before serving
