Lakeland Health Recipes

For easy snacking or breakfast the whole family will enjoy, try this simple granola bar recipe. It’s made exclusively with pantry items, easy to make, and tastes like a treat. Other dried fruits like apricots or figs can also work well in this recipe if you don’t have dates on hand. Feel free to swap in other nuts for the peanuts.

Ingredients (10 servings):

• 1 cup pitted dates
• 1 cup almonds, unsalted
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• ¼ cup creamy peanut butter, no sugar added
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 cups rolled oats
  

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper.
3. In a large food processor, add the dates and almonds. Process until it forms fine crumbs.
4. Add the maple syrup, peanut butter, and salt and process until mixture is well combined. Pour mixture into a medium mixing bowl.
5. Add oats to the mixing bowl and stir until combined.
6. Pour mixture into the prepared baking dish and pack it down.
7. Place the dish in the oven and bake for about 18 minutes, until the bars start to get lightly brown around the edges.
8. Let granola cool in the pan and then once cooled, remove the whole granola square from the pan and place it on a large cutting board.
9. Using a large chef’s knife, cut the granola square into 10 bars.

Nutrition information (1 bar): 273 calories, 12.2 g fat, 71.9 mg sodium, 37.1 g carbohydrates, 5.3 g fiber, 19.4 g sugar, 7.7 g protein