Cook The Book: Do-It-Yourself Power Bars

• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• 1 1/4 cups rolled oats
• 1 1/4 cups chopped toasted walnuts
• 1/2 cup oat bran
• 1 1/2 cups unsweetened crisp brown rice cereal
• 1 cup dried cranberries, coarsely chopped
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger
• 1 cup brown rice syrup
• 1/2 cup natural can sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt

1. Grease a baking pan with the coconut oil. If you like thick power bars, opt for an 8 by 8-inch pan; for thinner bars, use a 9 by 13-inch pan.
2. Mix the oats, walnuts, oat bran, cereal, cranberries, and ginger together in a large bowl and set aside.
3. Combine the rice syrup, sugar, vanilla, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat and stir constantly as it comes to a boil and thickens just a bit, about 4 minutes. Pour over the oat mixture and stir until the syrup is evenly incorporated.
4. Spread into the prepared pan and cool to room temperature before cutting into whatever size bars you desire.

coconut oil, rolled oats, walnuts, bran, unsweetened crisp brown rice cereal, cranberries, crystallized ginger, brown rice syrup, natural, vanilla, finegrain sea salt

Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2007/04/do-it-yourself-power-bars.html (may not work)