These Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Bars are SO DELISH! They are super easy to make - the perfect, healthy, kid-friendly treat. These bars are also gluten-free, sugar-free, low-fat, oil-free & low-calorie - only 65 calories each!
Ok soooo these Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Bars are freakin' DELISH!
You will never be able to tell that they area actually HEALTHY for you when you sink your teeth into these babies ??
I love creating healthy treats that taste sinfully delicious! I like to eat recipes like these for breakfast just because I can ?
I kind of feel like a rebel. Like I'm cheating somehow. How can healthy taste this good?! How can I be eating strawberry shortcake for breakfast knowing that I'm actually making a healthy decision that is good for my body?!
If I would have told my younger self who was chronically on a diet that I could eat cake for breakfast and not gain weight, it would have saved me years of feeling deprived.
I would have felt free.
That actually perfectly describes how I feel when I eat foods like this - FREE!!! And so darn happy. Cake for breakfast for EVERYONE! ?
Cost per serving: $0.54
Calories per serving: 66
Equipment you'll need: blender, large mixing bowl, 8x8 baking pan
What you'll need to make Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Bars:
- Gluten-free quick oats
- Yellow squash
- Water
- Vanilla extract
- Natural butter flavor
- Liquid stevia extract
- Granulated erythritol
- Salt
- Baking powder
- Xanthan gum
- Strawberries
How to make Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Bars:
- Blend all ingredients together except strawberries.
- Mix in strawberries.
- Bake!
Could not be much easier than that!! ??
Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Bars nutrition information:
- 66 calories
- 1g fat
- 31g carbs
- 2g fiber
- 2g sugar
- 2g protein
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Ingredients: makes 9 bars
1.5 cups gluten-free quick oats
1 tsp xanthan gum
3 Tbsp water (more if needed to facilitate blending)
200g yellow squash
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp natural butter flavor
1/2 tsp liquid stevia extract
3/4 cup granulated erythritol
1/4 tsp salt
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 cup strawberries, sliced
Method:
- Preheat oven to 350F, spray 8x8 baking pan with non-stick spray, and set aside.
- Add oats to blender, and process until flour-like consistency is reached.
- Pour oats into large mixing bowl and add xanthan gum.
- Add all remaining ingredients (except strawberries) to blender, and blend until smooth.
- Add in oats and xanthan gum, and blend until smooth.
- Pour mixture into large mixing bowl, add in sliced strawberries, and mix.
- Spoon into prepared baking pan, and bake for 35 minutes or until edges begin to brown slightly and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Bars
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups gluten-free quick oats
- 1 tsp xanthan gum
- 3 Tbsp water (more if needed to facilitate blending)
- 200 g yellow squash
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp natural butter flavor
- 1/2 tsp liquid stevia
- 3/4 cup granulated erythritol
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup strawberries sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F, spray 8x8 baking pan with non-stick spray, and set aside.
- Add oats to blender, and process until flour-like consistency is reached.
- Pour oats into large mixing bowl and add xanthan gum.
- Add all remaining ingredients (except strawberrieto blender, and blend until smooth.
- Add in oats and xanthan gum, and blend until smooth.
- Pour mixture into large mixing bowl, add in sliced strawberries, and mix.
- Spoon into prepared baking pan, and bake for 35 minutes or until edges begin to brown slightly and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Great idea to use squash as an alternative to butter! Super happy to find a dairy free shortcake recipe - thanks 🙂
Hey Andy! Thanks for the comment 🙂 I love using squash in baking - it is my go-to butter/oil replacer! Hope you enjoy!
I was wondering if I could use applesauce in replace of the squash? And if so how much should I use?
Hi Kat! I bet applesauce would work. I would start with 3/4 cup and add more if it's not wet enough. Add it in one tablespoon at a time after that 🙂
Hey, can I use a courgette/zucchini instead of the yellow squash?
Hi! Yes that will work - just peel it or else the bars might be green which might look kind of strange 😀 Haha
Hey!
How much squash?
Do you have to use stevia? Can you just not use it? I don’t like the way it tastes.
Also, what is granulated eryhyritol?
Hi Heather! A 200g squash is about 1 medium squash. I always weigh it out to make sure I don't have any squash taste 🙂 Granulated erythritol is a sugar-free sugar substitute - you can replace it with the equivalent of 3/4 cup sugar. You do not have to use stevia, but might want to add a bit more sweetener of your choice, to taste if it's not sweet enough for you! Taste the batter 😉
Annie
Hi! Do you need to cook the squash before blending?
Hi Hannah! No, you don't! Just throw it in the blender, as is ?