I've been on a kind bar kick. Okay, more like an Amazon subscribe and save bender. While the bars have a fairly short shelf life, hopefully indicative of fresh(ish) ingredients and processing, I endeavored to find a homemade version. This isn't it. But, these bar do straddle a crumble and granola bar. This recipe provides an easy, lower fat and calorie option for those of us who aren't adhering to a (strict) gluten free vegan diet. :) Fair warning: The bars aren't tremendously sweet and the nuts take on a different consistency as a result of absorbing liquid, maybe because I took the lazy way out and used frozen blueberries. Using fresh or dried would most likely prevent the boiled peanut effect to which some of the chopped nuts fell victim and increasing the sugar or changing it white would help with sweetness.
Yield: 1 pan of bars
125 calories per bar, if cut into 16
Active time: 10 minutes
Total time: 40 minutes
ingredients
3 cups oats
1 ¼ cup mixed nuts
1 cup blueberries
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups milk
2 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla
preparation
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. In your food processor, chop the nuts.
3. In a large bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and
stir well until combined.
4. Pour mixture into a baking dish that’s been generously
sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
5. Bake until golden brown, about 45 minutes, or until
toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
6. Allow to cool completely then cut into squares.
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