Sweet Tater Crunch Bars

1. For the crust:
2. Grease or line an 8×8 or 9×9 baking dish with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350 F. Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
3. Add all the crust ingredients into a food processor and process until a sticky crust forms. If it’s too dry you can add a little water or an extra date or two.
4. Spoon the mixture into your prepared baking dish and press across the bottom of the dish to form a crust. Bake for about 10 minutes. When done, remove crust from oven but keep the oven on.
5. For the filling:
6. Put sweet potatoes into the pot of boiling water and boil for about 15-20 minutes, until fork tender. Taters can boil while you are making your crust. When done, drain off the water. In a small bowl combine the ground flax seeds with the listed amount of water, to create flax eggs.
7. Add boiled sweet potatoes, melted butter, coconut milk, vanilla, flax eggs and spices to a food processor and process until smooth.
8. Pour filling into the baked pie crust.
9. For the crunch topping:
10. Pulse oats, flour, almonds, dates, melted butter and spices in a food processor. Don’t pulse too much because you want the texture to be slightly crumbly.
11. Sprinkle over the top of the bars.
12. Bake at 350 F for about 40 minutes or until slightly browned.