Chewy Honey Nut Granola Bars
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Recipe type: snack, breakfast
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Serves: 20 bars
 
Easy, portable and healthy snacks for on-the-go!
Ingredients
  • 1.5 cups rolled oats
  • 1.5 cups crisped rice cereal such as Rice Krispies
  • ¼ cup ground flaxseed
  • ¼ cup pumpkin seeds
  • 1 cup chopped almonds
  • ⅔ cup honey
  • ¾ cup peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
  1. Line a 9 x 11 rimmed baking sheet with parchment or wax paper and set aside.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, add rolled oats, rice cereal, ground flaxseed, pumpkin seeds and almonds and mix with a spatula to combine.
  3. In a small saucepan, whisk together the honey, peanut butter, vanilla and salt and heat slowly over low heat until smooth and softened.
  4. Pour the honey mixture into the oat mixture and mix thoroughly with a spatula until everything is evenly coated. This may take a few minutes, but it will get there!
  5. Put the mixture into the lined baking sheet and press evenly into the pan with the back of a spatula. Try to get it as firmly packed in as possible so that it stays together when cut.
  6. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours, or overnight before cutting into bars or squares.
  7. To cut, lift the entire slab of granola bar out of the pan by lifting the parchment or wax paper and place on a cutting board. Cut into squares or bars.
  8. Keep stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Separate with parchment or wax paper if stacking them to store.
Recipe by Insightful Bite at https://www.insightfulbite.com/chewy-honey-nut-granola-bars/