I’m always on the look-out for a great granola bar recipes. Not only are the easy to make, but there are great gifts to give at weddings and great snacks for during the week. I was really excited to come across this recipe from The Big Man’s World because its chock full of nuts, dried fruit, oats and very low in sugar. It’s also a Vegan, gluten free recipe!
Chewy No Bake Granola Bars
Photo & recipe courtesy of The Big Man’s World.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups gluten free rolled oats
- 1 cup of raisins
- 1 cup roasted almonds, chopped roughly
- 2 medjool dates, chopped roughly
- 2 T dried berries of choice
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- Dash of sea salt
- 1/2 T cinnamon
Wet Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup brown rice syrup
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 1 tablespoon coconut butter
Directions:
- In a large mixing bowl, mix up the rolled oats, raisins, almonds, dates and dried berries. Add in the sesame seeds, sea salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a microwave proof bowl, mix the brown rice syrup and coconut oil until well combined. Drop the coconut oil in it and break apart as much as possible.
- Heat in the microwave until melted (time depending on your microwave- for me it was 1.5 minutes)
- Remove from microwave and pour the liquid over the dry mixture and ensure it is very well combined
- Grease a cake tin/baking tray or line with parchment paper. Press the mixture into it and refrigerate immediately. Allow granola bars to set before cutting bars into 6 pieces.
**Note from recipe: The bars may be difficult to firm up at times- Try increasing the sticky syrup and/or coconut oil.
