my first homemade granola bars

After Patrik's allergy reaction last week, my friend Carla posted a recipe for a nut free granola bars (thank you so much, Carla!). So I bought all the ingredients I needed for baking and today I finally tried them. I followed her recipe but I didn't add any coconuts because I'm not sure if they are safe for Patrik.

I hope Carla won't mind if I post the recipe here.

Granola bars | Recipe from Carla

2 cups rolled oats

1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed

1/4 cup wheat germ

1/4 cup whole flax seeds

1/4 cup unsweetened coconut

1 tsp cinnamon

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup raisins

1/4 cup dried cranberries

2 tbsp sunflower seeds

2 tbsp pumpkin seeds

3/4 tsp sea salt

1/2 cup honey

1 egg, beaten

1/3 cup melted butter

1/3 cup mashed banana

2 tsp vanilla

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Grease 9 x 13 pan

 Combine oats, brown sugar, wheat germ, flax seeds, cinnamon, flour, raisins, dried cranberries, sunflower and pumpkin seeds,  and salt.   Mix and form a well in the middle.

 In a medium bowl, whisk honey, egg, melted butter, banana and vanilla.

 Pour honey mixture into the well, and mix well.

Pat granola dough into greased pan.  You may need to grease your fingers a little, so you don't end up wearing most of it!

 Bake for 24 minutes for chewy bars

Cool in the pan for 5 minutes and cut into bars while still warm.

Makes 16, granola bar sized bars.

 Thank you Carla!!

 

They are so delicious! I didn't give them to Patrik for tasting yet, he is going to try tomorrow since I'm not 100% sure how he reacts to pumpkin and sunflower seeds so I want to watch him. And I've got more recipes from my friend Reb (thank you!) so I'm going to try even more variations.