Healthy Homemade Granola Bars

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 3 cups puffed brown rice cereal (or puffed millet)
• 3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 3/4 cup apricot, chopped
• 3/4 cup walnuts, chopped
• 3/4 cup shredded coconut (preferrably unsweetened)
• 3/4 cup honey
• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 3/4 cup flax seed meal, mixed with
• 2 tablespoons water
• 3/4 cup carob chips

Recipe

• 1 mix cereal, oats, fruit, nuts, and coconut in a large bowl.
• 2 heat honey over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until bubbly. stir in peanut butter and flax meal mixture. heat, stirring, until well-mixed and melty. add more water if necessary. consistency should be liquidy.
• 3 pour wet mixture into dry ingredients and quickly stir to mix with a rubber spatula. when well-incorporated and slightly cooled, add carob.
• 4 press into a 13 x 9 inch pan. press hard. refrigerate a few hours or overnight. cut into bars.