Chocolate Raspberry Crumble Bars (Vegan)
Chocolate raspberry crumble bars - these easy vegan snack bars consist of a chocolatey oat crumble base and topping, filled with raspberry jam and topped with dark chocolate.
Servings 12 bars
Ingredients
- 160 g (1 + ⅓ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour
- 25 g (¼ cup) cocoa powder
- 150 g (1 + ⅔ cups) porridge oats
- 100 g (½ cup, firmly packed) light brown soft sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt
- 175 g (¾ cup) vegan block butter cold and diced
- 175 g (¾ cup) raspberry jam
- 50 g (1 ¾ oz) dark chocolate roughly chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/170°C fan/375°F/gas mark 5. Grease a 20 cm/8 in square cake tin and line it with baking parchment.
- Mix together the plain flour, cocoa powder, oats, light brown soft sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Add the cold vegan block butter and rub it in using your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs and no lumps of butter remain.
- Tip about two thirds of the mixture into the prepared tin. Spread it out level and pack it down very firmly. Pop the rest of the mixture in the fridge.
- Bake for 20 minutes then remove from the oven.
- Spread the raspberry jam over the baked base then scatter over the rest of the crumble mixture, press it down very slightly.
- Scatter over the chopped chocolate then bake for another 20 minutes.
- Leave the bars to cool in the tin for 20 minutes then carefully transfer them to a wire rack. Leave to cool completely before slicing.
Notes
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