Granola bar

Its nutritious, tasty and very easy to make. You can break chunks of it in a bowl and have it like a breakfast cereal, as a crumble over ice cream/yoghurt or simply by itself as a snack.

This recipe vegan friendly.

Ingredients

Jaggery or palm sugar 100gm

Honey 150gm

Coconut oil 80gm

Peanut butter 80gm

Rolled oats 300gm

Shredded or flaked coconut 50gm

Choice of seeds/grains 45gm*

Raisins/Cranberry 15gm

Cinnamon powder 4gm

Salt 2gm

Choice of nuts 45gm**

*(I used a mix of peanut and almonds, you can use flax seeds, pumpkin seeds etc)

**( Almonds/Cashewnut/Pistachio etc..)

This is a base recipe, substitute the quantities with other seeds, nuts, dried fruits of your choice.

If you use dates/prunes, you might want to reduce the sweetness accodingly.

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees centigrade.

2. Roast the oats in the oven for 4-5 minutes in a flat tray.

3. Mix the jaggery/palm sugar, coconut oil, peanut butter, honey in a microwave safe bowl melt it slightly, place aside.

4. Add the oats in a mixing bowl, pour in the liquid ingredients and give it a nice mix.

5. Lightly grease a flat baking tray, pour the mixture onto the tray. Flatten the mixture, gently press to level the mixture.

6. Bake it for 15-20 minutes until a light and golden colour is obtained.

7. Place aside, when slightly warm using a serrated knife cut to desired shape.

8. Store it in an air tight container.

Enjoy😋