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Recipe: Peanut-Butter Granola Bars This is a personal recipe and can only be edited by the original author

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Photo: Eva Taylor

Created by: Eva Taylor

Edited by: Eva Taylor

Yield: 16 (1" x 2" x 1/2" bars)

Ingredients

2

large egg whites

1

cup old-fashioned oats

½

cup wheat germ

½

cup bran cereal, ground

¼

ground flax seed

½

cup dried cranberries

½

cup sliced almonds

¼

teaspoon salt

½

cup natural crunchy peanut butter or almond butter

½

cup Splenda brown sugar

3

tablespoons vegetable oil

1

tablespoon water

1

teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼

teaspoon ground allspice

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with 2 crisscrossed rectangles of parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang at 2 opposite ends. In a large bowl, combine oats, ground bran, flax seed, wheat germ, almonds and cranberries.

Step 2

In a small saucepan, whisk together oil, brown sugar, peanut butter, cinnamon, allspice, salt and 1 tablespoon water over low heat until sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Let cool slightly; whisk in egg whites. Pour over at mixture; stir until moistened. Spread evenly in bottom of pan; smooth top.

Step 3

Bake until top is firm, about 30 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes. Lift out of pan, using paper as handles. Let cool completely, cut into bars with serrated knife.

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About Peanut-Butter Granola Bars

Adapted From Martha Stewart. Check it out on my blog .

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