Description
These lightly sweetened and salted homemade granola bars are chewy, delicious and completely customizable. Use your favorite ingredients for an easy and irresistible snack!
Ingredients
Scale
2 c. regular old fashioned oats
1 3/4 c. nuts and seeds
3/4 c. dried fruit or coconut
1/2 c. brown rice syrup (or honey)
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 c. peanut butter or almond butter or cocoa powder (optional for a firmer bar)
1/2 to 1 tsp. spices like cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, or pumpkin spice (optional spices)
Flaky Sea Salt, such as Maldon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line an 8×8 inch baking pan with parchment paper. In a large bowl, combine the oats, nuts and seeds, and dried fruit. Set aside.
- Warm the brown rice syrup and peanut or almond butter (if using) in the microwave or in a small saucepan over medium heat until warmed and thin. Stir in the vanilla.
- Pour the brown rice syrup over the dry mixture and stir until all the ingredients are completely coated.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Using the back of a spatula or lightly oiled hands firmly press the mixture into the pan until packed and uniformly flattened. Sprinkle the bars with a pinch of flaky sea salt. Bake the bars for 35 to 40 minutes.
- Cool the granola bars completely in the pan. They will firm up as they cool. Once cooled, remove the bars from the pan by lifting them out by the flaps of the parchment paper. Cut into bars. Store in an airtight container.
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