Ingredients

• 1 and 1/2 cups oats (quick or regular)
• 1/2  cup diced dried apricots
• 1/2 cup  cup shredded coconut
• 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
• 1/8 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla paste (or essence)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 180 and line a slice dish with baking paper
2. Mix oats, coconut and apricots in large bowl
3. In a saucepan combine coconut oil, sugar and maple syrup. Heat on medium heat until melted and sugar dissolved (about 5 mins), stir occasionally
4. Take of heat and add bicarbonate soda and vanilla. Mix
5. Add wet mixture to oats
6. Mix
7. Put mixture into lined slice tray. Press down with your hand and then the bottom of a cup.
8. Bake for 20 mins
9. Cool then cut

Note

These are very crunchy! For lunchboxes, I pop them in a small container so they don’t break.

Change coconut and apricots for any flavour you like. Try other dried fruit or chocolate chips.