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I am beyond excited to get these strawberry shortcake bars out of your ovens and into your hands! They are easy, peasy to make, can be sweeter if need be or you can lessen the monk fruit to your liking! Plus they are perfect for Father’s Day coming up or beautifully red from the strawberries for Fourth of July. The options are endless for these delicious Sugar Free Strawberry Shortcake Bars and I cannot wait to share them with you!

Who is behind this Sugar Free Strawberry Shortcake Bars?

Or should I say WHAT is behind these delicious Sugar Free Strawberry Shortcake Bars. 🙂 Two things that make these sugar free bars come true, Karuna Prebiotic Superfood Beverages and monk fruit granulated sweetener! Karuna drinks are also sweetened with monk fruit as well as all the delicious plant based ingredients.

WHAT MAKES MONK FRUIT SO MAGICAL!?

Monk fruit sweetener has actually be around for decades, but since there is an increasing popularity for alternatives sweeteners. Monk fruit sweetener comes from monk fruit, which is a small round fruit that is found and grown in Southwest Asia.

In order to create monk fruit sweetener, the seeds and the skin is extracted and crushed to create the juice. Then turn them into concentrated powder or granulate monk fruit sweeter that is used in this recipe!

It has a unique antioxidant called mogroside, that makes it sweeter than regular sugar. However, in this recipe I still recommend using 1 cup of monk fruit sweetener. There is no sugar in monk fruit, so consuming it will not impact your blood sugar level

KARUNA IS THE BIG SECRET TO THE SUGAR FREE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE BARS

This recipe is in collaboration with one of my favorite companies Karuna. They are an incredible prebiotic superfood beverage company that focuses on organic, Non GMO antioxidant, Prebiotic Fiber, clean protein, and nutrition ingredients.

SO WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL? AREN’T THEY JUST JUICE OR SMOOTHIES?

HARDLY. I don’t really give Ainsley juice that often, but whenever she asks for Karuna Juices I am all about it! Why?

+ Typical juice bought at the store can have up to 28grams of sugar in 8 fl, whereas 12fl of Karuna has 10 grams of sugar or less—plus that sugar is not added sugar

+ These juices and smoothies have 7 ingredients or less, with the only ingredients being clean, unrefined or processed

+Packed with a combination of whole plants—veggies & fruits, vitamins/antioxidants

What Ingredients are in these Sugar Free Strawberry Shortcake Bars?

Strawberry Short Cake Layer

2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
1 cup Monk Fruit Sweetener
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 cup butter ( I prefer salted)
2 tbsp Karuna Silky Oat
1 egg

Strawberry Shortcake Filling

4 cups chopped strawberries
1/2 cup monk fruit sweetener
2 tbsp Karuna Silky Oat
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp xanthan gum

Directions for Sugar Free Strawberry Shortcake Bars

Strawberry Shortcake Layer

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line your 9 X 13 baking dish with parchment paper. Lightly spray olive oil spray on the parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl add your all purpose flour, old fashioned rolled oats, baking powder, salt & 1 cup monk fruit granulated sweetener. Whisk until fully incorporated
In small bowl whisk egg, vanilla extract, almond extract and 2 tbsp Karuna Silky Oat
In your large mixing bowl add in your 1 cup butter diced, and the egg mixture. Take a fork or a pastry cutter to incorporate the butter into the mixture, until it becomes a perfect crumble mixture. About 1 minute.
After take 1/2 the mixture and press down firmly in the baking dish.

Strawberry Shortcake Filling

Add the chopped strawberries to a medium bowl, 1/2 cup monk fruit sweetener, 2 tbsp Karuna Silky Oat, 1 tbsp lemon juice and 1 tsp xanthan gum.
Toss until fully coated

Assembling Sugar Free Strawberry Shortcake Bars

you will now take your strawberry shortcake filling and spread it evenly over the 1/2 of the mixture you pressed down in the baking dish alread
Then take the other half of the Strawberry Shortcake Layer and sprinkled on top. Press down lightly, then bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes
They will need an hour to cool before they are bar form, however you can cut into them right away for crumble or let cool for perfect bar formation. Top with delicious ice cream and enjoy!