Serves: 8 people
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Utensils: Pie dish, large bowl, blender, fork

Ingredients:
1 cup roasted almonds
1 cup roasted oat flakes
1 1/2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
Pinch sea salt
1 teaspoon almond essence
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 cup corn oil
1/2 cup maple syrup or rice syrup
Jam

Preparation:

Pre–heat the oven at 350 degrees. Place the almonds and oats on separate trays and roast in the oven for 10-15 minutes.

Blend the nuts to a flour in a blender and place in a large bowl. Repeat with the oat flakes.

Mix the nuts, flour, oat flour and salt together and make a well in the center.

Whip the oil, syrup, vanilla and almond essence using a fork. Add the wet ingredients to the dry.

Form a dough and press two thirds into a nine inch pie dish. Spread jam over the top. Crumble the remaining dough over the top of the jam.

Bake in an oven for 15-20 minutes.

Idea: A variety of different flavored jams can be used; apricot, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry or cherry.