Cherry Oat Cake Bites
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These delicious oat cake bites are so quick and simple to make!
If your little ones are anything like my son, he loves a snack!
I love to come up with healthy snack ideas for my son, this is what I love to share the most with you all, as I know that children so often want to reach for the sugary snacks.
I really wanted to create something that was sweet and simple to make but packed full of flavour!
I handed one of these oat cakes to my son and he loved it! I was so pleased, he even reached for another one from me!
These really are a go to snack in our home for my son and my family! I love to know that a snack I’m giving him is healthy and nutritious and most importantly easy to make!
The great thing is these can be frozen too! So you can freeze and take out, defrost when needed for the day!
Ingredient information
Oats - If you wanted to make this 100% gluten free you could use gluten free oats.
Frozen cherries - These are great to have in the freezer, they can be used as porridge toppers or used as snacks too!
Desiccated coconut - Another great store cupboard essential for your little ones!
Serving suggestion
The cherry oat cake bites are great served on their own as a delicious snack for your toddler or even for yourself. They are a great alternative to the oat bars or cereal bars you can buy in the supermarket. They have only three ingredients and nothing else.
Storage instructions
The oat cakes can be stored in the fridge for up to 5 days in the fridge in an airtight container. They can also be frozen for up to 4 months in the freezer, they can be stored in an airtight container or in freezer bags.
Recipe | Cherry Oat Cake Bites
Makes 28 small bites
150g rolled oats, ground
100g frozen cherries
1 tablespoon desiccated coconut
60ml water
Instructions
Pre heat your oven to 180 degrees.
Start by blitzing your oats in a blender, until it is a a fine flour. Set aside.
Next pop the cherries into the blender along with the water and blend until smooth.
Pop both the cherries and the ground oats into a large mixing bowl and mix using a spoon and finishing off using your hands to form a dough.
Place the dough on a work surface and roll out to approx 0.5cm.
I used a shot measurer to cut small circles out of the dough.
Roll out the dough and start again.
Place on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment and pop in the oven for 20 minutes.
Hope you and your family enjoy!
Recipe notes
If you didn’t want to blend the oats you could just use the oats. However the texture will be tougher than if you blended them. You could use frozen strawberries if you didn’t have cherries. Cherries work so well with the coconut if you can stick with the cherries.
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