Granola bars are a perfect, delicious snack you can take also to go. They are filling, tasty and contain lots of protein. Dried cranberries bring just enough sweetness into these bars. The recipe is gluten-, dairy- and refined sugar free.
I love to take these granola bars as a snack to practice. They are great to eat before or after training. The bars keep you full for a long time.
The recipe is so easy and there are only six ingredients in this recipe. If you don´t like dried cranberries, you can replace them, for example, with raisins or dark chocolate. Peanut butter can also be replaced with other nut butters like almond butter. Use nuts you like the most. I used pecan nuts because they are low in FODMAPs. The milk can also be changed to any other plant-based milk or you could also use orange juice or apple juice (high in FODMAPs).
Granola Bars
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 dl peanut butter 2/3 cup (smooth or crunchy whichever you prefer)
- 1/2 dl maple syrup 1/4 cup
- 1/2 dl almond milk 1/4 cup (or other plant-based milk)
- 3 dl old fashioned oats 1 1/4 cup
- 2,5 dl crushed walnuts 1 cup (or any other nuts)
- 2 dl dried cranberries 3/4 (or raisins/dark chocolate)
Instructions
- In a bowl mix peanut butter, almond milk and maple syrup together.
- Add oats, cranberries and crushed pecan nuts and stir.
- Transfer into a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
- Press down firmly until flattened.
- Cook at 350 degrees (175 in Celsius) for 20 minutes or until it has got a little bit of color.
- Chop into even pieces. Enjoy!:)
What is the calorie count? Nutrition breakdown?
I try not to count the calories of my recipes because I have had a lot of problems with eating obsessively healthily. There is a lot of peanut butter which has quite a lot of calories but also contains lots of protein. I´d say one bar has about 250-300 calories and 10 g protein.I hope this helped even a little!:)
Thank you!
Subbed nuts for chocolate chips for my toddlers. This recipe is a keeper! Thanks for sharing.