Power Me Up! Toasted Sunflower-Honey Granola Bars
By: Marla Meridith
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 12:30pm

Ingredients




3 cups Organic Rolled Oats (not quick cook oats)
1 cup Raw Sunflower Seeds
(If you don't feel like toasting your own you can use roasted/salted sunflower seeds.  If you want to co
3/4 cup Honey (you could use 1 Cup Honey instead of Maple below)
1/4 cup Organic Maple Syrup (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

Preparation

1 Pre Heat oven to 350 degrees. 2 Lightly spray sunflower seeds with cooking spray. 3 Put Sunflower seeds on a single layer in pan and sprinkle some salt on top. 4 Bake seeds in 350 degree oven for about 8 minutes or until lightly toasted and fragrant.  Do watch carefully as they can burn easily! 5 Lightly grease 9x13 baking pan. 6 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! 7 Take off heat and let mixture cool. 8 In a bowl combine Oats, Ground Flax and Toasted Sunflower Seeds 9 Pour Honey mixture over Oat mixture, combine until Oats are well coated 10 Spread in pan, press down and flatten mixture.   Cool to room temperature. 11 Cut into whatever size you prefer. 12 Wrap individually in waxed paper and store in the fridge.   They will stay firm if kept cold.  They last for quite a while!

About


These are clean, healthy, yummy granola bars!  Kid approved!
For more info please view:
http://familyfreshcooking.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/power-me-up-toasted-sunflower-honey-granola-bars/

Comments:
Marla Meridith

For more info and variations:
http://familyfreshcooking.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/power-me-up-toasted-sunflower-honey-granola-bars/
Shae

Wow...what an amazing view!  The Sunflower-Honey Granola Bars look Bomb too!!!!!
Melissa Peterman

I always appreciate healthy granola bar recipes thanks!