Apple Squares

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup oats
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil
• ¼ cup apple juice
• 2 granny smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced
• ¼ cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Preparation

1. preheat oven to 180 °c and grease a baking pan.
2. combine flour, oats, brown sugar, lemon zest, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl. mix in oil and apple juice with your fingers until coarse crumbs form.
3. firmly press 2 cups of the oat mixture into the prepared pan. arrange apples over the crust in three rows. mix walnuts into the remaining oat mixture. sprinkle the walnut mixture evenly over the apples and pat firmly into an even layer.
4. bake until the top is golden brown and the apples are tender when pierced with a sharp knife, 30 to 35 minutes. cool completely on a wire rack.