Description
These nut free granola bars are the perfect snack for back to school! They’re lightly sweetened, perfectly chewy and even dairy and gluten free.
Prep Time: 10 min | Cook Time: 25 min | Total Time: 35 min | Course: Snack | Cuisine: American | Keyword: brownies and bars | Servings: 12bars
Nut Free Granola Bars
Ingredients
½cupunsweetened shredded coconut flakes
2mediumeggs
¼cuphoney
¼cupcoconut oilmelted and cooled
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2cupsoatsrolled, quick or minute all work
1cupsunflower seeds
¼cupflax seedground
1pinchsalt
1teaspooncinnamon
1cupchocolate chipsor mix-ins of choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 8×8 inch square baking pan with parchment paper.
- Toast your coconut flakes by adding them to a small pan over medium heat and stirring occasionally. After about 2-3 minutes your coconut should begin to brown. When this happens remove from heat ASAP (or it will burn)!
- To a medium bowl, add your eggs, honey, coconut oil and vanilla extract and stir.
- To the same bowl, add oats, sunflower seeds, toasted coconut, ground flax seed, salt and cinnamon and mix until combined. Add your mix-ins and stir again. (the mixture will be crumbly).
- Press oat mixture into your prepared baking pan using the back of a spatula, sprinkle with additional chocolate chips if desired and bake for 22-25 minutes or until the top begins to brown slightly. Remove from oven, allow to cool and slice into about 12 even granola bars.
Notes
Storage- These nut free granola bars store best in the fridge or freezer in an airtight container until you need them! I personally like to freeze them as I find they don’t get too hard. They should last about 5-6 days in the fridge and up to 3 months in the freezer!
See substitutions in text above recipe!
*I have included the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don’t forget both your body and soul need nourishment! (nutrition facts are for the base granola bar recipe and does not include mix-ins)
Nutrition
Serving: 1bar | Calories: 229kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 18mg | Potassium: 182mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 46IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 2mg
