Gingerbread "CLIFF" Bars

Gingerbread “Cliff” Bars

Makes 9 bars

• 1/2 c. oat flour (or old-fashioned oats, ground into a flour)
• 1/2 c. old-fashioned oats
• 1/2 c. vanilla protein powder + additional 3T. for icing
• 1 T. baking powder
• 1/2 t. salt
• 2 t. cinnamon
• 2 t. ginger
• 1/2 t. nutmeg
• 1/2 c. applesauce
• 1/4 c. honey
• 1 t. vanilla or maple syrup
  
• 1/2 c. non-dairy or organic milk (I used Almond Breeze Original Milk) + additional 1-2 T. for icing
• stevia to taste (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease or spray an 8×8 pan with cooking spray and set aside.

In a large bowl, combine oat flour, oats, protein powder, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.

In a smaller bowl, combine applesauce, molasses, vanilla and milk.

Add applesauce mixture to oat mixture and stir until just combined. Add stevia to taste, if desired.

Pour mixture into baking pan and bake for 20-15 minutes, until bar is set and pulling away from edge of pan.

Allow to cool completely. You can expedite the process by popping the bars in the fridge or freezer.

For icing, mix together 3 T. of protein powder with 1-2 T. of milk to form a thick icing. Add stevia to taste.

Scoop icing into a resealable plastic bag and snip the corner with a pair of scissors.

Pipe icing across cooled bars and stick bars in fridge or freezer to allow icing to set, if desired.

Cut into squares. Store remaining bars in the fridge.

Have you tried the gingerbread Clif bars? I promise you, these are far, far tastier.

I know, because I took the one smack dab out of the middle. That’s my right.

I used Jay Robb Egg Protein Powder. There is 120 calories per scoop and i used 2 scoops. So you may have to adjust the calories if your protein powder has more calories!

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