Wholesome Granola Bars
These Granola Bars are a favorite in our household. The ingredients are whole, organic, and nutrient dense. To top it off there are no added sugars!
My kids gobble these up and they are a healthy alternative to the prepackaged option that are loaded with processed sugar.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup Quick Oats
- 1/2 cup Steel Cut Oats or 1 3/4 Cups Quick Oats
- 1 1/2 cup Whole Almonds Chopped to liking
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 1/2 cup Dried Cranberries and/or Cherries
- 1/2 cup Flaxseed
- 1/3 cup Chia Seed
- 1/2 cup Toasted Wheat Germ
- 2 cups Ghiradelli 60% cacao chocolate chips
- 1 3/4 cups Almond Butter or Cashew butter
- 1 1/4 cups Maple Syrup
- 1 3/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- Bake the quick oats, steel-cut oats and almonds in a 350 degree oven for 12 minutes. You want the oats and almonds lightly toasted, so watch the mixture closely and stir it around on the baking pan after 5 minutes. Let the mixture cool. In a large bowl, mix the toasted oats and almonds with all other ingredients except the almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla and chocolate chips. Heat the almond butter, maple syrup and vanilla slowly until smooth in a small pan on top of the stove. Let cool and stir into oats mixture. Be sure oats/almond butter mixture has cooled for x minutes before adding the chocolate chips, as you want the chips to remain intact. Line a 9x13 pan with parchment paper and pack the mixture down tightly. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Cut into bars and wrap. Refrigerate or freeze for longest storage.
Notes
Enjoy! Kim