I'm a snacker. When I was a kid my snack of choice was cheese doodles. Wise brand only. I'm surprised my fingers weren't permanently tinted from the orange cheese powder. My tastes have evolved and matured. Now I only snack on healthy things. Okay, mostly healthy things...
I would much rather eat 6-8 little snacklings throughout the day than 3 big meals. You know, a piece of fruit here, a hand full of almonds there. But one of my favorite snacks to have on hand is granola bars. I mean what can I say, they are awesome! And so easy to make. Trust me.
1 1/2 cups Gluten Free Oats
1 1/2 cups Gluten Free Brown Rice Cereal
1 cup Pecans
1 cup Sliced Almonds
3/4 cup dried fruit (i.e. raisins, cranberries etc.)
3/4 cup Shredded Unsweetened Coconut
1 cup Brown Rice Syrup
3 Tablespoons Coconut oil
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
Directions:
Preheat oven 350 degrees. Grease a 8x8 baking dish with coconut oil.
On a baking sheet, place pecans, almonds, and coconut. Place in preheated oven until toasted, about 5-7 minutes. (WARNING: keep an eye on 'em! They can burn before you know it!)
While the nuts are toasting, combine oats, cereal and dried fruit in a large bowl. Add the toasted nuts and combine.
In a medium sauce pan place syrup, coconut oil, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon. Stir over medium heat. When the syrup mixture is completely combined, pour over the nut, oat, cereal mixture and stir.
Press granola into the baking dish. (You can use a piece of wax paper as a barrier while pressing it into the pan, that way your hands won't be a sticking mess and you won't have to wash part of your granola down the kitchen sink.) When the granola has set (this may take a couple hours), you can cut your granola into bars.
Makes about 12 bars.
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