This is a fabulous addition to the healthy snack category that I concocted yesterday,again after a bit of research. These Granola bars are healthy,chocolate-y,chewy and full of raw goodness in the form of nuts,dates,honey,peanut butter,oats and a surprise ingredient. The recipes I did come across use rolled oats and I have run out of rolled oats so I instead rinsed and soaked some flattened rice (aval/poha) and added some quick oats and tried this bar. You could use cocoa powder for the chocolate-ness but I added raw cacao which enhanced the healthiness of the bar.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Flattened rice (aval or poha – rinsed 1-2 times with boiling hot water and set aside)
1/2 cup quick oats
1/2 cup raw cacao
1/2 cup walnuts and pecans mixed
1/2 cup almonds
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 cup pitted dates (soaked in hot water for 15 mins,drained and roughly choped)
a pinch of coarse sea salt
Preparation:
Rinse the flattened rice and set side
Grind walnuts to a fine meal in a food processor/mixie
Add cacao and dates to this mixture and blitz until combined and set aside
Method:
- In a pan heat the honey and peanut butter until combined and smooth and add in the sea salt
- In a mixing bowl add the dates-cacao-walnut mixture along with oats and flattened rice
- Add chopped almonds
- Add the honey peanut butter mixture and knead together with hands until well mixed
- In a baking tin lined with cling wrap spoon the mixture in,cover with cling wrap and flatten with hands to form a log. It is important to press it in tightly with no gaps between pan and mixture
- Freeze or refrigerate for atleast 1-2 hours
- Cut into bars and store in an airtight container
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