Thursday, March 18, 2010

homemade granola bars

1 cup rolled oats
1/4 c. slivered or sliced almonds
1/4 c. sunflower seeds
1 Tablespoon flax seeds
1 Tablespoon sesame seeds
1 C. unsweetened whole grain puffed cereal (I used puffed wheat, but you could do brown rice, millet, etc)
1 c. total of mixed berries or fruit of your choice ( I used mixed dried berries)
1/4 c. almond butter (you coul use peanut butter if that is what you like or have on hand, but I prefer almond)
1/4 c. honey
1/2 t. vanilla
1/8 t. salt
dash of cinnamon

Spray a 8x8 pan with cooking spray.
preheat oven to 350 and on a cookie sheet lay out oates, almonds, sunflower seeds, flax and sesame seeds. roast for 10 min.
Put oat mix in a bowl with berries/fruit and add your puffed cereal
in a saucpan, melt together nut butter, honey, vanilla, salt and cinnamon, over med low until it slightly bubbles and well combined.
imediately pour the honey mix over oat mix and mix well.
Press firmly into the 8x8 pan...FIRMLY until even layer. I use parchment paper or wax paper. You could use greasy hands too, but it's a bit hot.
Refrigerate for 30 min! Cut into as big or small squares as you would like. keep in fridge or freezer.

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