6 Ingredient Granola Bars
This recipe for 6 Ingredient Granola Bars is delicious and healthy. It is friendly to the Mediterranean Diet and also can be made gluten free and vegan.
Servings: 12
Servings: 1g
Equipment
Ingredients
- Rolled Oats– 3 cups.
- Sliced Almonds– 1 cup. Feel free to sub in another kind of sliced nut for all or part of your almonds.
- Honey – ½ cup.
- Peanut Butter- 2 ½ tablespoons. You can find organic and sugar free peanut butter here or better yet, make your own sugar free organic peanut butter using this recipe.
- Vanilla Extract– 1 ½ teaspoons. Feel free to sub in another kind of extract such as almond extract for part or all.
- Dried Fruit– ½ cup. This can include Dried and Unsweetened Shredded or Flaked Coconut Raisins, or Dried Apricot. You can even try a combination of fruits. Please use an unsweetened (with sugar) dried fruit to control the added sugar in your granola bars.
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325 and prep a baking dish with parchment paper that overhangs the sides of the baking dish. Also, prep a baking sheet with nonstick .
- Evenly spread the nuts and the oats out on the baking sheet and place the baking sheet into the oven to toast for 8-10 minutes, stirring halfway through toasting.
- Meanwhile, in a saucepan over low to medium heat, melt together the peanut butter and honey until blended. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
- When the oats and nuts are toasted you can transfer them to a large mixing bowl. Stir in half of the melted peanut butter mixture and the n the other half. Then gently stir in the dried fruit.
- Press the mixture into the prepped baking sheet. Tip: wet your hands with water or lightly with oil to prevent sticking. Also, using a rubber spatula that has also been oiled or coated can help.
- Bake for six to 12 minutes, depending on how crunchy you would like your bars to be.
- Allow the granola bars to cool before cutting. Use the overhanging parchment paper to transfer the bars for cutting.
Recipe Notes
As mentioned earlier, this recipe calls for honey to help sweeten bind together the ingredients. However, vegans and folks who do not want to use honey can use an alternative. A great alternative is to use (¼ cup or as needed) maple syrup and half of a cup of chopped dried dates.
I also mentioned that you can personalize this recipe to your tastes.
Personalize your granola bars by adding additional dried fruit, nuts, and even sugar free or regular chocolate chips can add more taste and texture to your granola.originally posted:
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 362kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 172mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 24g
Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!
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