Granola Bars

• 2 cups Rolled Oats
• 1/2 cups Chopped Almonds
• 1/2 cups Chopped Walnuts
• 1/2 cups Uncooked Quinoa
• 1/2 cups Shredded Coconut
• 2 Tablespoons Ground Flaxseed Meal
• 23 cups Honey, Agave Or Combo Of Both
• 1- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
• 3 Tablespoons Flaxseed Oil
• 1 pinch Kosher Salt
• 1/2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
• 1 pinch Freshly Grated Nutmeg
• 1- 1/2 cup Chopped Dried Fruit*
• 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar

1. *Note: You can use all one kind of fruit or any combination that you like.
2. I used chopped dried apricots, cranberries, and pomegranate seeds
3. Preheat your oven to 350F.
4. Toss the oats, nuts, quinoa, coconut, and flaxseed meal together on a 9 x 13 baking sheet or dish (I used a 9 x 13cake pan).
5. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until toasted and lightly browned.
6. Reduce oven to 300F.
7. While oats are toasting, combine honey, vanilla, flaxseed oil, salt and spices in the bottom of a large bowl.
8. Whisk to combine.
9. Pour in toasted oats and stir with a spatula to moisten.
10. Stir in dried fruit.
11. Line your baking sheet or dish with parchment paper or grease with nonstick spray (I used the same cake pan and lined it with parchment paper; one less dish to dirty).
12. Pour the oat and fruit mixture into prepared baking dish and press down firmly to pack down the mixture as much as possible.
13. Sprinkle brown sugar over the top.
14. Bake at 300F for approximately 30 minutes until mixture is golden brown.
15. Allow to cool a few hours before cutting into bars or squares.
16. Store in airtight container at room temperature.
17. Or freeze them.
18. I wrapped mine in cling wrap, popped them in a freezer bag and froze the bars so we could grab them as needed, they dont take long to thaw.

rolled oats, almonds, walnuts, quinoa, shredded coconut, ground flaxseed, honey, vanilla, flaxseed oil, kosher salt, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, dried fruit, brown sugar

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/special-dietary-needs/granola-bars-3/ (may not work)