Healthy South African Crunchie

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 3/4 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 1 serving protein powder (optional)
• 1/4 cup mixed seeds or chopped nuts (optional)
• 2/3 cup erythritol or granulated sugar of choice
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup Flora light margarine
• 1 TBS vanilla essence
• 1/3 cup boiling water
• 1 tsp bicarb

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees and spray a baking tray with some cooking spray or line with some foil. Set aside.
2. Add the rolled oats to a food processor and blend for about 10 seconds (You don’t want to make an oat flour but you do want some fine and some whole oats).
3. Pour the oats into a bowl and then add the coconut, coconut flour and optional protein powder. Mix together and set aside.
4. In a pot, on the stove, gently melt the Flora, honey, erythritol/granulated sugar together.
5. When the Flora has melted and small bubbles start to appear, add the boiling water followed by the bicarb. Stir together until the mixture is nice and ‘frothy’.
6. Pour this mixture into the oat mixture and stir until all of the dry mixture has been coated in the Flora mixture.
7. Add your optional add in’s and mix until evenly dispersed.
8. Spoon into the prepared baking tray, making sure to pack the mixture tightly together.
9. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
10. Take out of the oven and cut into slices.
11. Turn the oven off and return to the oven to ‘dry out’ for a further 10 to 15 minutes.
12. The crunchies will harden fully once they have cooled.