Description
These granola bars are protein packed and taste like a cookie. Both rolled oats and rice cereal are used to add a little variety in texture.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 3/4 Cups Old Fashioned Rolled Oats (not quick cook or instant)
- 1 1/2 Cups Crisp Rice Cereal (gluten-free)
- 1 Cup Chopped Almonds (toasted if you like)
- 1/4 Cup Coconut Oil
- 1 Cup Almond Butter
- 1/2 t Real Salt * (only necessary if using unsalted almond butter)
- 1/2 Cup Coconut Milk *
- 1/2 Cup Honey or Maple Syrup *
- 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar (packed)
- 1 t Vanilla
- 1 Cup Chocolate Chips (divided)
- 1 t Butter
Instructions
- Line a 9x9 pan with plastic wrap or tin foil. Lightly grease.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the oats, rice cereal and chopped almonds. Set aside.
- Place the coconut oil, almond butter, salt, coconut milk, honey, and brown sugar in a large saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat, whisking until smooth. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
- Pour the mixture over the oat/cereal and stir until everything is well combined. Let cool for about 5 minutes.
- Add 3/4 C. of the chocolate chips to the mixture and stir in.
- Place the oat mixture in the prepared pan and press in firmly, keeping the top level.
- Refrigerate the pan for 2 hours, or until firmly set.
- Remove the granola mixture from the pan and peel away the plastic wrap or tin foil. Slice into bars.
- Place the remaining 1/4 C. of chocolate chips and the butter in a small, microwaveable bowl and heat on high at 20 second intervals, stirring after each interval, until melted. Place melted chocolate in a piping bag and pipe on top of sliced granola bars.
- Store in an airtight container.
Keywords: healthy, packed, easy