ALMOND BUTTER AND BANANA GRANOLA BARS
Yield: 12 bars Total Time: 45 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
1/ 2 cup almond butter
2 bananas, mashed
1/2 cup almonds
1/4 cup dried apricots
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/3 cup mixed seeds, I used raw pumpkin and sunflower seeds
1 cup gluten free regular rolled oats
2 tablespoons flax seed meal
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Line 8x8 baking square pan with parchment paper.
In a small pot heat almond butter and mashed bananas.
Stir gently until well combined. Set aside. ( It takes about a couple of minutes or so)
In a food processor, coarse chop the almonds, apricots, and cranberries. Transfer to a bowl. Mix in seed, flaxseed meal and oats. Fold in the almond butter mixture. Press the batter into the prepared baking pan.
Bake for 25-30 minutes. Let granola cool before cutting into bars. Wrap each one on wax paper and store in the fridge.