I am always looking for a good granola bar recipe.
I tend to look for ones with minimal ingredients that are filling, delicious and gluten-free.
These granola bars make the perfect snack or breakfast component – they have (wheat-free) rolled oats, healthy fats from the peanut butter, and my healthy sweetener of choice: maple syrup.
These bars were inspired by this recipe. When I read that they were also crumbly, I knew I’d love them. Sometimes I bake just to eat the crumbly bits.
I chopped all of my bars into squares and very happily ate up the crumbly remainders. I immediately wrapped them all in saran wrap so that I:
a) Would stop making return trips to the kitchen for another 1/2 square
and
b) Could easily grab some on the go and take some to my grandparents.
They were highly successful, perfect with a cup of tea, and approved by all who crumbled a delicious morsel into their mouth.
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- 2 cups wheat free rolled oats
- 1 cup dried coconut (unsweetened)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Preheat oven to 325F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat and spread out the oats – drizzle with melted coconut oil and make sure it’s well coated.
- Toast for about 20 minutes, stirring once.
- Remove from the oven, return to the bowl, and add the coconut, spices, salt and nuts if you like. Stir.
- Turn the oven down to 300F.
- In a small saucepan melt maple and peanut butter over medium high heat until melted together. Stir.
- Remove from heat and mix with the oats.
- Line a pan with parchment. Scrape the granola mixture into the pan and spread in an even layer. Bake until just golden, about 25 minutes.
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These look incredible! Next time I make granola bars I’m definitely wrapping them up individually. Last time I placed them in an airtight container, and it was too easy to snack on them!
Thank you for the inspiration! I love your blog!
YUM! I need to make granola bars, would be a great snack for Gary to take with him to work.
They’d be great, John loved them!
Mmm, this looks lovely…I can eat maple syrup in just about anything. Ditto for peanut butter.
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