These easy gluten free berry bars are a quick fruit fix! A simple mash-up of breakfast favorites like gluten free oats or even your favorite gluten free cereal, plus some fruit and a few other ingredients make this a go-to breakfast treat!
We’re out of town visiting family this week, so I’m away from my “home base” kitchen. It’s always a challenge when you travel (click here for my top gluten free travel tips!), but I bring a few key ingredients with me, and somehow seem to be able to pull something yummy together every time!
When I found myself trying to wedge groceries into a refrigerator stuffed with too many blueberries, I got creative. I had my gfJules Flour on hand, and my mom had tons of her favorite gluten free Chex cereal, so … I put them all together!
No special baking skills required, just a one-bowl recipe that aims to please.
These gluten free berry bars would certainly be tasty with other berries that might overflow your produce drawer on another occasion! Serve plain or topped with yogurt or ice cream, as dessert or even, of course, for breakfast!
Enjoy!
Gluten Free Berry Bars
These berry bars would certainly be tasty with other berries that might overflow your produce drawer on another occasion!
Ingredients
- 1 cup gfJules™ All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup certified gluten-free rolled oats or crushed gluten-free Chex cereal*
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar or coconut palm sugar
- 1-2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter or dairy-free alternative (e.g. Earth Balance Buttery Sticks)
- 3 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1/8 cup granulated cane sugar or coconut palm sugar
- dairy or non-dairy yogurt (So Delicious) or ice cream for topping (optional)
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats or cereal, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly.
Gently press half of the mixture into a greased 8 or 9-inch square baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for 5 minutes to set.
Combine the blueberries and sugar; sprinkle over crust. Top with remaining flour mixture. Bake 35-40 minutes longer, or until golden brown.
Serve for dessert or for breakfast!
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i would love to tasted these, summer and lemons just go together!
Thanks Jules for all you do. You have made life so much better for us Celiacs. Your flour performs way better than others and is a real game changer.
Ron
My son has celiac and I have been using your flour for everything for him. So when I had some friends over (one of whom also has celiac) I chose to make these lemon bars for them. She would be safe and the rest couldn’t tell the difference! They were delicious!
Thank you for all your hard work and for coming up with this flour blend!
Would Love a zester, and LOVE your products! Thanks for helping me bake again
Suzanne
I want to enter the contest for a lemon zester! I just “liked” the Jules’ Facebook page. Pick me! Pick me!
I can’t wait to try these!!
My family loved this recipe! My husband begged me to make it with apples. I used about three apples (around 3 cups) I sliced them thin and mixed them with the same amount of sugar as the recipe says but I sprinkled ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and ground cloves also. This version turned out wonderful also. I am going to try strawberry rhubarb next.
Diana – yu-uhm! What a creative twist on this recipe! I can’t wait to try your versions!
Jules this is the best! Just made them with Cinnamon Chex and love them. Super easy and yummy! With all your recipes though I found out I have to add an extra 10-15 minutes, do use a convection oven? I normally dont have to add time otherwise, just curious. Thanks for all your recipes!
Hi Nicole – that’s really interesting about the oven! Sometimes I do use the convection setting on my oven, but with recipes like those bars, I was out of town visiting my parents (and overworking their non-convection oven!). Good to know though, and it’s a good reminder to us all to check before removing anything from the oven – you never know if it’s all the way done!!
Made these the 1st day the recipe was posted…they are great! Making them again tonight for dessert and breakfast-if they last that long!
Fantastic Londa! Girl after my own heart to make them for breakfast!!!
Jules, when you say to reduce the sugar if you are using the cinnamon chexs, how much do you reduce it by and which of the sugars do you reduce?
Thanks.
Sylvia – cut back on the brown sugar according to your tastes. I think you could go as low as 1/4 cup and still be fine, but some people prefer sweeter.
this is the absolute easiest and best tasting blueberry dish.. The oats really make it. thanks!
Jay – so glad you loved it! It is super easy, which makes it all the better that it tastes so good!
Jules, another winner! This will definitely go on the make soon list! Thanks for sharing.
Another winner, sounds incredible!! Can’t wait to try it, going to pick blueberries tomorrow, so this is the first thing on the list when I get home!!
YUM, Jules!!!
…WOW…that looks delicous…I can’t wait to try it!! Have a wonderful visit and enoy the rest of this beautiful summer…well wishes…
Thanks Tammie!!!
It would be nice to know the carbs and calories as some of us are diabetic although I am sure I could figure it out from the ingredients.
Hi Barbara, we have run nutritionals for some recipes and will continue to try to do so when we can, but in this recipe, it’s easy to substitute low glycemic coconut palm sugar, so I would highly recommend doing that if you are watching your sugars!
Lately I have had several recipes that call for a 9 inch square pan (also known as 9×9) and would you believe I can’t find one? At least not in glass I can’t. I have 8×8, 11×7, 13×9 but can’t find 9×9.
Bjohn, in this recipe, you could use an 8×8 pan without problem. In most, I would think you could make that change and just add a bit to the bake time.
I just whipped some up for breakfast tomorrow morning with the last of my blueberries from Butlers Orchard. They smell so yummy, they may have to become a midnight snack. I’m thinking of trying out this recipe substituting some plums and peaches.
Michele – that sounds like such a yummy substitute!!!
OMG. Blueberries … cinnamon … So Delicious coconut milk yogurt (vanilla flavor!) … yum!
Super-wow yummy. Can I order room service! And, yes, for breakfast, definitely.