Granola bars can be made decadent, very healthy, or somewhere in between. This recipe falls in the somewhere in between category. Granola Bars Smores Style is a great dessert…it is a sweet ending to a meal, a healthier alternative to the decadent options in restaurants. Serve with coffee or tea and enjoy!
Ingredients and Options
2 cups uncooked oats
1 cup crushed Gluten Free Chex Cereal (Corn or Rice)
1/2 cup ground flax seed (I use Bob's Red Mill)
1/4 cup brown sugar, loosely packed
1/2 cup semi sweet or dark chocolate chips
1 cup mini marshmallows
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup Peanut Butter (I use homemade when I use peanut butter) or Nutella or Once Again Nut Butter Unsweetened and Salt Free Sunflower Seed Butter.
1/4 cup honey
3 Tbsp. unsalted butter (melted)
3 Tbsp. olive oil or walnut oil
1 Tbsp. water
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions:
· Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
· Spray a 8 x 8 or 9x9 baking dish with olive oil.
· In a mixer, combine all of the wet ingredients and mix.
· Add one dry ingredient at a time and mix to incorporate
· Pour mixture into the baking dish. Spray the back of a spatula with olive oil and press into the baking dish so it cooks evenly.
· Bake 28-30 minutes.
· Let cool completely (30-45 minutes) to “firm up” before you cut into bars.