granola bars

Ingredients

1/4 cup almonds, toasted and chopped
1 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
1/4 cup dried currants (I usually use golden raisins)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp granulated cane sugar or maple sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup almond butter (peanut butter works well too)
1/2 cup maple syrup (I usually use part honey)
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup apple juice (or any juice on hand)

Directions

- Preheat oven to 350 F. Oil an 8 x 8- inch baking pan
- Place almonds, oats, flour, sunflower seeds, currants, cinnamon, sugar and
salt in a medium bowl and stir to combine.
- Whisk the almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla and juice together in
another bowl.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, stirring until the dry ingredients
are thoroughly moistened.
- Press the mixture evenly into the prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove pan from oven and cut into 8 (or 16) bars.
- Return pan to the oven and bake until golden brown, about 10-15 minutes.
- Cool in pan for about 10 minutes. Then remove bars with a spatula and
cool on a rack for at least 30 minutes.

From “The Healthy Headonist” by Maya Kornfeld