Healthy Granola Bars

Total Time: 31 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 1/4 cups toasted old fashioned oats
• 3 tablespoons toasted almonds
• 1 cup puffed millet
• 1 egg
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon sugar substitute (splenda)
• 1 cup unsweet applesauce
• 3 tablespoons peanut butter (smucker's natural)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut
• 3 tablespoons dark chocolate, bits

Recipe

• 1 set your oven to broil.
• 2 spread oats and almonds evenly on a cookie sheet. toast for about 6 minutes (until lightly toasted,) stir every few minutes.
• 3 in a large bowl - combine all ingredients and stir. make sure to break up the dark chocolate. i use a paring knife and shave the chunk.
• 4 taste batter and adjust according to your own tastes. add salt, dried fruit, honey, etc.
• 5 line a 9 x 13 baking pan with parchment.
• 6 pour batter into pan and press down with your hands.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes until it is slightly brown on top.
• 8 remove from oven and let cool.
• 9 cut into 12 bars.