No-Bake Granola Bars – Learning to cook healthy – It’s a Process!
Plant-based no-bake granola bars that are easy and healthy.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup almond butter or nut or seed butter or tahini
- 1 tbsp tahini optional
- 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/3 cup dried fruit cranberries, dried apricots or dates chopped
- 1/3 cup chopped nuts
- 1/3 cup shredded coconut
- 2 tbsp cocoa nibs or chocolate chips
- 1.5 cups rolled oats
- 1/4 cup oat flour blend oats to make oat flour
- 3 pinch sea salt or himalayan salt
Instructions
- Combine maple syrup and nut/seed butter in bowl.
- Add oat flour and salt, combine.
- Add remaining ingredients and hand mix, you will have a sticky consistency.
- Line 9x9" (23x23cm) with parchment paper, and press granola bar mixture pushing down into corners and pan. Let sit for 30 minutes in fridge.REALLY PRESS DOWN.
- Lift out of pan, and cut into granola bars. Store at room temperature for 6 days, in fridge for 2 weeks, and best stored in freezer for 2-3 months. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
To make oat flour, blend 1/4 cup of oats in blender for 30 to 60 seconds - you want a fine texture.
Homemade bars are fragile.