Easy peanut butter chocolate granola bars!
INGREDIENTS
• 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• ½ cup nut butter peanut butter (any smooth but butter will work)
• ⅓ cup honey maple syrup, or agave
• ½ cup chocolate chips, dried fruit, seeds, or nuts (whatever mix in you want to add)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
• Pinch of salt
- Line your baking dish 9X13
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a large bowl, combine the 2 cups of oats and your 1/2 cup of chocolate chips
- Heat Wet Ingredients: In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the 1/2 cup of nut butter and 1/3 cup of honey together, stirring until smooth and fully combined. Stir in the teaspoon of vanilla extract if using, and a pinch of salt.
- Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients:
Pour the melted nut butter mixture over the oat mixture and stir well to combine. Make sure all the oats are coated.
- Press into the Pan: if you don’t have The Granola Bar Pan press all of your mix into your baking dish, make sure it’s all equally pressed down
- Let cool on counter for 30 minutes then place into freezer for up to 2 hours , cut into even bars and refrigerate up to a week!
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