Cherry cobbler protein bars

My brother blessed me with a bag of already pitted cherries and I had to figure out what to do with them expediently. I came up with this recipe up after getting comfortable with Jamie Eason's pumpkin protein bar recipe from bodybuilding.com.  I changed a lot of things to suit my liking and it turned out yummy!  I'm starting to get a hang of this gluten free baking thing!

Ingredients

1/4 cup truvia brand stevia (any sweetener you prefer)

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 stick of melted butter 4 oz (or applesauce)

2 tsp cinnamon 

1 1/2 tsp crushed ginger

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs

15 oz pitted cherries

2 cups oatmeal or oatmeal flour

2 scoops vanilla whey protein (I like nutrilite)

1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk (or regular milk plus 2 tsp vanilla extract)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350

Grease a 9 X 13 Pyrex with lubricant of your choice (I use butter cause I'm not a fan of the unnatural cooking sprays.)

Combine first 10 ingredients and mix thoroughly. 

Add final 3 ingredients and mix well. 

Spread batter into baking dish. 

Bake for 30 minutes. 

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