Power Me Up! Toasted Sunflower-Honey Granola Bars
- 3 cups rolled oats Organic, not quick cook oats
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- sunflower seeds If you don't feel like toasting your own you can use roasted/salted, . If you want to co
- 3/4 cup honey you could use 1 Cup Honey instead of Maple below
- 1/4 cup maple syrup Organic, I prefer Grade B, it has a richer, more intense Maple flavor than grade A
- 2/3 cup ground flax seed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- butter or Canola Cooking Spray to grease pan
- Pre Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly spray sunflower seeds with cooking spray.
- Put Sunflower seeds on a single layer in pan and sprinkle some salt on top.
- Bake seeds in 350 degree oven for about 8 minutes or until lightly toasted and fragrant. Do watch carefully as they can burn easily!
- Lightly grease 9x13 baking pan.
- In a sauce pan combine Honey, Maple Syrup and Cinnamon. Heat on medium until mixture combines, thickens and boils (about 4 minutes or so) Stir mixture constantly so it does not scorch!
- Take off heat and let mixture cool.
- In a bowl combine Oats, Ground Flax and Toasted Sunflower Seeds
- Pour Honey mixture over Oat mixture, combine until Oats are well coated
- Spread in pan, press down and flatten mixture. Cool to room temperature.
- Cut into whatever size you prefer.
- Wrap individually in waxed paper and store in the fridge. They will stay firm if kept cold. They last for quite a while!
rolled oats, sunflower seeds, sunflower seeds if, honey, maple syrup, ground flax, salt, ground cinnamon, butter
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Power-Me-Up_-Toasted-Sunflower-Honey-Granola-Bars-1668541 (may not work)