Did you know that veggies dance? They do! At least, they do at Dancing Veggies, a blog that focuses on vegetarian food on a budget (I like that word budget. A lot.) Dancing Veggies was my assigned blog for July’s Secret Recipe Club.
I’m not a vegetarian (Ha! Not even close!), but I still found a lot to love at Dancing Veggies: Salted Caramel Apple Bliss (Hello, you had me at “caramel”.), for example, or Very Berry Terrine (I’m not exactly sure what a terrine is, but it certainly looks lovely.), or Herbal Tuna Salad with Hummus.
After browsing through the blog multiple times, trying to make up my mind, I finally settled on the Blackberry Breakfast Bars. Only I had no blackberries, but I did have a rather large box of blueberries. Also, I wanted to make one batch that everybody in the family could eat, so I used oat flour and shortening instead of wheat flour and butter. Still amazing! You can use either one with good results.
Blueberry Breakfast Bars
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 1/2 cups oat flour or white whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup sucanat or other unrefined sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup palm shortening or butter
- 2 TBSP cold water
Filling:
- 1/2 cup applesauce (I ran an apple through my Vitamix)
- 1/2 cup oat flour or white whole wheat flour
- 2 TBSP honey
- 2 cups blueberries
Instructions
Crust:
- Whisk together the dry ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. Cut in the shortening or butter with a pastry blender. Stir in the water, a little at a time, until you have the right consistency. (Mine was a little too wet, but it still turned out great.)
- Press about 2/3 of the crust into the bottom of a 9×13 pan. Reserve the remaining dough. Bake the crust at 350F for about 10 minutes.
Filling:
- Stir together the applesauce, flour, and honey until well blended. Gently stir in the blueberries.
- Spoon the blueberry mixture onto the cooled crust. Top with the remaining reserved dough.
- Bake at 350F for about an hour or until fruit is bubbly and top is golden brown.
It’s not exactly QUICK for breakfast, but we enjoyed ours on the weekend.
It is very EASY, though.
The original recipe called for 3 cups of berries, but I’m just too CHEAP for that. I reduced it to 2 cups, and it turned out perfectly. I think I probably wouldn’t have liked 3 cups; that would have been too many cooked blueberries for my taste. As it was, I liked how the blueberries blended nicely with the crust.
It’s an indulgent breakfast… but a HEALTHY one. All those blueberries… all those antioxidants!
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These looks really tasty. I’ll be saving this recipe for when the temperatures are a bit cooler.
Micha @ Cookin’ Mimi recently posted..Loaded Enchiladas
Yes, it would be delicious on a cool fall morning with a cup of coffee!
Mmmm, great variation with the blueberries!
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Thanks! I do love blackberries, but the blueberries were delicious, too.
I have a ton of blueberries that we picked, sitting in my freezer…this could be a good way to use some up!
melissa@IWasBornToCook recently posted..Creamy Dark Chocolate Sorbet (Secret Recipe Club)
This is definitely a good use for blueberries!
I wish I could have one of your blueberry breakfast bars right now!
Charla @ Healthy Home Blog recently posted..Menu Plan Monday 7/9/12
I wish I could give you some
Glad you and your family enjoyed the recipe! so jealous that you have the vitamix! i normally do a huge batch of slow cooker applesauce which takes a good deal longer!
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I do the slow cooker thing too, if I want to keep a batch on hand (the fresh stuff doesn’t last long at all). But if I just need some for a recipe, the Vitamix makes it super easy! I saved up to buy mine, it took a while, lol.
Perfect for breakfast. What a great choice. I have blueberries waiting to be used.
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We had them for breakfast again this morning (from the freezer) - DELISH!
These sound delicious, Anne! I just bought some cinnamon caramel loose tea that I bet they’d go wonderfully with. Might have to whip up a batch later this week, if the weather stays cool enough for me to use the oven.
Btw, I’m going to be reviewing your Grocery Budget Toolbox on Thursday!
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Your bars look healthy and delicious, great SRC choice.
If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my SRC entry Double Chocolate Mousse Cake
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Oh yum yum yum yum!!! Need to make these later, pinning it
Jami Leigh recently posted..Share Your Story: Faith ~ Love Blossoms Through Bible Quizzing
Sounds delicious!!!! Yay for blueberries.
Uhhhh, yes, please!!! Pinned these for later use.
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I would love it, if you would share this, & any other recipes you may have, on my recipe link up. http://goodrecipesonline.com/organized-linkup-for-all-your-recipes-goodrecipesonline-com/.
This looks delicious! As usual. My family hates blueberry but whatever, they can just take them off. Maybe one day…I’d love to gonna try for cooking various receipes and learn how to be a real chef
Looks great! I will be featuring this recipe this week on AFW, thanks!
Thanks!
Oh my goodness, these look absolutly delicious. You have come up with such a lovely recipe! Loving it ♥
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