Chewy Honey Almond Energy Bars Food

OATMEAL ENERGY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x11-inch baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Whisk oats, flour, chocolate chips, ground cashews, sunflower seeds, flax meal, wheat germ, cinnamon, and sea salt together in a large shallow bowl.
• Stir warmed honey, almond butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until well-mixed. Pour honey mixture into oat mixture; stir until batter is well-combined. Turn batter out into prepared baking dish. Lay a sheet of waxed paper over batter and press firmly to evenly distribute in the baking dish. Remove and discard waxed paper.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and fragrant, about 12 minutes. Pull aluminum foil from baking dish and cool bars in the aluminum foil for 10 minutes; remove and discard aluminum foil. Cut into bars.

CHEWY HONEY ALMOND ENERGY BARS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, melt honey and almond butter, mixing well until it is smooth and creamy. Do not boil. Remove from heat.
• Add the rest of the ingredients to the saucepan, mixing well to coat everything in honey/almond butter mixture.
• Empty mixture into a 9x9 pan lined with parchment paper.
• Place a sheet of parchment paper on top and press the mixture down into the pan, creating a smooth layer.
• When the mixture has cooled, place the pan in the fridge for an hour.
• Remove the top layer of parchment paper and cut into 12 bars.
• Wrap each bar individually and store in the fridge.

ALMOND CHERRY ENERGY BAR

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly spray a 9x13-inch rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray and line with parchment paper, leaving excess paper on edges.
• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and spread into pan, pressing firmly.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Pull on parchment paper to remove from pan and cut into 24 bars while still warm.

GLUTEN-FREE HONEY ALMOND BREAKFAST BARS

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350 degrees, and lightly grease an 8x8 baking pan.
• chop almonds then gently toast on the stove top.
• combine dry ingredients; seperately mix wet ingredients.
• add wet ingredients to cereal mixture, then add in almonds.
• pour into baking pan and bake for 30-35 minutes. place aluminum foil loosely over top and bake about 5-7 more minutes, depending on flours used (garfava browns faster).
• melt about a tablespoon of almond butter in microwave and dilute slightly with water. drizzle on top.

FRUITY GRANOLA ENERGY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a 9-inch square baking pan with non-stick cooking spray or brush with oil.
• Combine oats,wheat germ, apricots, raisins, sunflower seeds, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl.
• Combine melted butter and brown sugar in a small bowl until sugar is dissolved.
• Stir in honey, egg and vanilla until smooth.
• Stir liquid mixture into dry mixture until dry ingredients are evenly moistened.
• Press mixture firmly and evenly in prepared pan.
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden and firm.
• Cool on wire rack before cutting into squares or bars.
• Wrap individually for easy grab and go breakfasts and snacks.