Homemade granola bars

This recipe is thanks to my friend Keri.  Every time I visit her, she always has the most delicious and healthy snacks.  One thing that really struck my fancy was her homemade granola bars.  These were delicious, satisfied the sweet tooth and, best of all, good for you!

Keri's granola bars

Ingredients:
1/2 cup nut butter
1/3 cup agave nectar or honey
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup rice crispies
1 cup fun goodies

Procedure:
1) Melt liquids in large pan.
2) Stir in dry goodies.
3) Press into glass baking pan and store in fridge.
4) Cut into bars. 

Super easy, super delicious!  A couple of notes from Keri and myself.
1) Serve these cold.  They tend to disintegrate when they warm up (still taste good, though!).
2) Fun goodies can be anything you want; dried fruit, nuts, chocolate chips, etc.
3) If you add in chocolate chips, wait for the liquids to cool or else you will make chocolate granola bars.  I just pressed the chocolate chips onto the surface of the granola bars once they had cooled a bit.
4) You can use 2 cups of whatever you want instead of the oatmeal and rice crispies.

I made mine with sunflower seed butter, agave nectar, dried apricots, sunflower seeds, chocolate chips, dried hibiscus and nuts.  Yum!




Keri's homemade granola bars



A little fuzzy close up of deliciousness