Chewy No-Bake Granola Bars
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups nuts (whole raw almonds)
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup chopped dried fruit (cherries and apricots)
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons honey
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Steps
- Add ½ cup nuts and 1 cup oats to a food processor. Process until fine and all pieces are smaller than a pea. Dump into a large bowl. Roughly chop the remaining 1 cup nuts and add to the bowl. Add the remaining 1 cup oats, 1 cup dried fruit, 2 tablespoons chia seeds and ¼ teaspoon salt to the bowl and mix well.
- In a small saucepan, heat ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons honey and 3 tablespoons coconut oil over medium heat. After several minutes the mixture will begin to foam. Simmer for an additional 30 seconds and remove from the heat. Stir in ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract and pour the liquid over the dry mixture. Mix thoroughly until all the oats/1 ½ cups nuts have been evenly coated. If you need to, get in with your hands and make sure it is mixed really well.
several minutes
- Line an 8x8 pan with plastic wrap, leaving a couple inches of overhang on two sides. Dump the mixture into the pan and evenly spread it out. Using the back of a spatula or measuring cup, press the mixture down very, very firmly. This will help the bars stay together. Cover the top with more plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or until firm.
4 hours
- Cut into bars and store in the fridge.
Nutrition
Per serving
- kcal
- 294
- protein
- 6 g
- carbs
- 32 g
- fat
- 17 g