Recipe – Energy Granola Bars

As simple as it gets.

Ingredients

• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds, unsalted
• 3/4 cup raw sliced almonds
• 1/3 cup raw wheat germ
• 3/4 cup honey
• 4 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup chopped, dried fruit or fruit/small nut combination (cherries, blueberries, cranberries, apricots)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Place oats, sunflower seeds, almonds, and wheat germ on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
• Place honey, brown sugar, butter, vanilla extract, and kosher salt in a medium sauce pan and put over medium heat.
• Stir continuously until boiling and all sugar has been dissolved.
• Add fruit mixture.
• Stir toasted oat mixture into honey/fruit mixture until thoroughly blended.
• Oil a 9×9 pan.
• Mash mixture into oiled pan until pressed firmly.
• Let cool completely and then cut into 16 bars and wrap individually in plastic wrap to store at room temperature for up to three weeks.
• Eat responsibly.