Monday, April 11, 2011

Day 11: Almond-Apricot Granola Bars

I made granola last week and intended to use it for today's recipe, but it's gone. I suppose I could've made more, but this gives me a chance to use my favorite granola from Birchwood Cafe.

Yield: about 12 granola bars

Ingredients

1/2 cup almond butter (or other nut butter)
1/2 cup millefiori honey
1 cup crispy brown rice cereal
1 cup granola
1/2 cup almonds
1/2 cup dried apricots, chopped (or any dried fruit)
1/4 tsp sea salt

Directions

Put almond butter and honey in a small saucepan over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes or until they melt together; whisk to combine.

Put the crispy cereal, granola, almonds, apricots and salt in a bowl and add the mixture of almond butter and honey; stir until thoroughly coated.

Line an 8-inch square baking dish with plastic wrap. Spread the granola mixture evenly into the dish, pressing down gently, and cover with more plastic wrap.

Refrigerate until set, at least one hour. Once set, remove by lifting the edges of the plastic wrap out of the dish; peel off the plastic and cut the bars to any size you like.

1 comment:

  1. I know you've done granola and granola bars... but incase here's a recipe I really like. :) Its from Kayla and I was going to make some and saw that it used honey! I also think flavored craisins would be yummy in this recipe. (Cherry? Yum!)

    4 C Rolled Oats
    1 1/2 T ground Flax Seed
    1/2 C chopped Almonds
    1/2 C chopped cranberries
    1/2 C smuckers chunky peanut butter
    1/4 C Honey
    1/2 tsp almond extract


    Try with just 2 cups of oatmeal first, I think 4 might be too much. Just add more if you need to.

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