This is a nice treat for those kids who like fresh fruit—or for those parents who want their kids to eat more fresh fruit!
Ingredients
For Crust
- 3 cups (220 g) Enjoy Life Perky’s “Nutty” Rice Cereal
- ½ 2 cup (120 ml) vegetable oil
- ¼ cup (50 g) superfine sugar
- ¼ cup (85 g) honey or (60 ml) pure maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon (3 g) salt
- ¼ cup (30 g) Bob’s Red Mill tapioca flour
For Orange Filling
- 0.33 cup (67 g) Spectrum Organic Shortening
- 2½ cups (300 g) powdered sugar
- ¼ cup (60 ml) orange juice
- 1 tablespoon (5 g) orange zest
For Topping
- 1 peach, sliced into small pieces
- ½ cup (87 g) fresh diced mango
- ½ cup (85 g) sliced strawberries
- 1 kiwi, peeled and sliced
- ½ cup (73 g) fresh blueberries
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon (13 g) superfine sugar
- 1 cup (75 g) Enjoy Life Perky’s “Nutty” Rice cereal
How to Make It
- Preheat oven to 325°F (170°C, or gas mark 3). To Make the Crust
- Place cereal in food processor and process until mixture reaches the consistency of cornmeal. Add remaining crust ingredients and pulse until cereal crumbs are well coated. Press mixture into a 9-inch (23-cm) square baking pan.
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool. To Make the Orange Filling
- Combine all filling ingredients in a food processor and pulse until smooth. Spread over cooled crust. To make the Topping
- Combine the fresh fruit in a large bowl. Pour the lemon juice and sugar over fruit and gently stir. Spoon fruit mixture over orange filling. Sprinkle 1 cup cereal over bars. Cover and place in the refrigerator to chill. Cut into bars.
