Grain free granola bars
Lightly chewy, sweet, grain free, nut and seed loaded with a mix of delicious dried fruit. These grain free granola bars are now a new weekly staple in our houses. We hope you love them as much as we do!
Takes 4 hours 10 minutes
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 50 g of Almonds
- 50 g of Raw Cashew nuts
- 40 g of Sunflower seeds
- 30 g of pumpkin seeds
- 30 g 1/4 cup desiccated coconut
- 100 g 1/2 cup dried fruit (we used figs and unsulphured apricots) – cut into small pieces, with figs remove the hard tops first, could easily use currants or raisins instead
- 20 g of Goji Berries
- 4 tbsp coconut oil melted
- 40 g 1/4 cup 100% all natural almond butter (or sunflower to make nut free)
- 60 ml 1/4 cup maple syrup (or brown rice syrup)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp fine grain rock or sea salt
Instructions
- Place almonds, cashew nuts and sunflower seeds in the food processor and blitz until finely chopped.
- Remove blended almonds, cashews and sunflower seeds and put in a large bowl
- Chop the dried fruit into small pieces, with the figs remove the hard tops first, you could easily use currants or raisins here instead.
- Add in the dried fruit, desiccated coconut and the pumpkin seeds, and mixed well
- Combine the maple (or brown rice syrup) in a jug or bowl and combine with melted coconut oil and almond (or sunflower seed) butter along with vanilla extract.
- Pour wet ingredients on top of the dry ingredients and stir well to combine. Place mixture in a 6- 8 inch square tray lined with baking parchment (depending on desired thickness..I used a 6 inch square loose bottom tin).
- Place in the fridge to set for four hours before slicing. Store in a sealed tight container in the fridge for up to one week or freeze for up to one month.
Nutrition
Calories: 577kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 13gFat: 45gSaturated Fat: 19gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 156mgPotassium: 616mgFiber: 8gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 9IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 143mgIron: 4mg
