Nutty for Granola Bars
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Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
  • ½ cup almonds
  • ¾ cup cashews
  • ½ cup walnuts
  • 1½ cup oats (not instant)
  • ¼ cup sunflower seeds
  • ¼ cup sesame seeds
  • 2 tbsp chia seeds
  • ½ cup flax meal
  • ½ cup chocolate chips or raisins
  • 1 /2 cup agave, or sticky sweetener of choice
  • 1 cup natural peanut butter, or other nut butter of choice
Directions
  1. If your almonds, cashews and walnuts are whole, use a food processor to grind them up a bit so they are smaller pieces. For the almonds I blended them for 10 seconds. For the cashews, 5 seconds(mine were in halves) and my walnuts were already in small enough pieces that it wasn't necessary to grind them. I also chose to grind my chocolate chips for about 7 seconds so that I would have smaller pieces.
  2. Place all the nuts,oats, seeds and flaxmeal into a bowl and stir. Add your chocolate chips and stir. Add in the agave and mix again. Add in the peanut butter and mix one last time. Make sure that everything is evenly coated. Line an 8x8 baking dish (a 7x11 baking dish works too) with tinfoil or parchment paper (with the edges hanging over so you can remove it from the pan later) and place the granola ingredients into it. Press it all down firmly and evenly. Cover the pan and place it in your freezer for an hour to let it firm up, or in a refrigerator overnight. If you choose to do it in the freezer, remove it from the freezer once it is firm and store it in the refrigerator. Remove from the pan using the tinfoil/freezer paper and cut into squares.
Recipe by Green Leaves and Jam, a Plant-Based Diet at http://greenleavesandjam.com/nutty-for-granola-bars/