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    Easy Healthy Granola Bars

    May 2, 2020 by Fouzia Leave a Comment

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    easy healthy granola bars

    These granola bars are healthy and nutritious quick bites packed with energy to boost you up. They are just perfect as an everyday snack or a grab and go breakfast especially for busy pregnant or nursing women.

    I have adapted this recipe from Ina Garten’s home made granola bars. You could use your own choice of nuts and dry fruits according to your taste. This recipe does not call for much work and is so simple and easy and yet so yummy!


    Ingredients:
    1 cup quick cooking whole grain large flake oats
    1 cup almonds
    1 cup walnuts
    1/2 cup dates
    1/2 cup Apricots
    1/2 cup cranberries
    1/2 cup sunflower seeds
    1/2 cup brown sugar
    2/3 cup honey
    1/4 cup butter
    1 tsp Vanilla essence
    1/4 tsp salt

    Instructions:

    1. Roast the almonds, walnuts and oats separately in the oven preheated at 350ºF for 8-10 minutes. Pound the nuts into small pieces.
    2. Chop the dates, apricots and cranberries into small bite size pieces or pulse them in the food processor.
    3. Mix the oats, nuts, dry fruits, salt and sun flower seeds together in a bowl.
    4. Melt the butter on medium heat in a sauce pan. Add the brown sugar and stir till it dissolves and the mixture comes to a boil. Remove from stove, add the honey and vanilla essence.
    5. Now pour this butter mixture over the dry fruit and nut mixture in the bowl. Combine everything together with a silicon spatula.
    6. Pour this into a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Place another parchment paper over it and lightly press it so it spreads evenly through out. Bake in the oven preheated at 350ºF for 25 – 30 minutes till it is lightly golden. Allow it to cool for at least a couple of hours before cutting it into squares or rectangular bars. Enjoy as a snack.

    easy granola bars
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    Easy Granola Bars

    These granola bars are healthy & nutritious quick bites packed with energy to boost you up. They are a perfect everyday snack especially for busy pregnant or nursing women.
    Prep Time30 mins
    Cook Time30 mins
    Course: Snack
    Cuisine: American cuisine, Canadian Cuisine
    Keyword: dryfruit and nut bars, granola bars, granola squares
    Servings: 16 squares
    Author: Fouzia

    Equipment

    • Sauce pan
    • Baking pan
    • Silicon spatula

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup quick cooking whole grain large flake oats
    • 1 cup almonds
    • 1 cup walnuts
    • 1/2 cup dates
    • 1/2 cup Apricots
    • 1/2 cup cranberries
    • 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
    • 1/2 cup brown sugar
    • 2/3 cup honey
    • 1/4 cup butter
    • 1 tsp Vanilla essence
    • 1/4 tsp salt

    Instructions

    • Roast the almonds, walnuts and oats separately in the oven preheated at 350ºF for 8-10 minutes. Pound the nuts into small pieces.
    • Chop the dates, apricots and cranberries into small bite size pieces or pulse them in the food processor.
    • Mix the oats, nuts, dry fruits, salt and sun flower seeds together in a bowl.
    • Melt the butter on medium heat in a sauce pan. Add the brown sugar and stir till it dissolves and the mixture comes to a boil. Remove from stove, add the honey and vanilla essence.
    • Now pour this butter mixture over the dry fruit & nut mixture in the bowl. Combine everything together with a silicon spatula.
    • Pour this into a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Place another parchment paper over it and lightly press it so it spreads evenly through out. Bake in the oven preheated at 350ºF for 25 - 30 minutes till it is lightly golden. Allow it to cool for at least a couple of hours before cutting it into squares or bars. Enjoy as a snack.
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    Filed Under: American, Baked Treats, Canadian Cuisine, Quick and easy, Snacks, Super Bowl Snacks Tagged With: easy granola, Granola bars, healthy snack, nutritious snack, quick bites

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