raspberry oat bars

i'm not sure why i only came across this recipe for vegan blueberry oat bars from gena's wonderful blog this week, since she originally posted it last june, but the important thing is that i did come across it.  and upon reading about these bars my mouth began to water and it was a done deal - i had everything on hand for them too!

and would you believe that this was my first time ever making my own oat flour?  i don't know why i imagined it to be so laborious or complicated... about 20 seconds of pulsing my local rolled oats in my old trusty food processor and i had oat flour.  holy moly i impressed myself.

with the aid of my food processor, the rest of the bars came together in a flash, and 35 minutes later the house had filled with the most incredible smells...  with only raspberry jam on hand my batch turned out to be vegan raspberry breakfast bars.  how'd they turn out, you ask?

they.  are.  awesome.  i'm loving them at room temperature but m keeps stashing them in the freezer for a chilled treat.  looks like next time i make these i'll have to make a double batch to please us both.  oh well, a small sacrifice i'd say. 

yes please, i will have another.  if you want to make these yourself, head on over to choosing raw and check out the recipe.  thanks for a winner gena!