Granola Bars with Peanut Butter (No Bake) | Date Bars

Healthy Homemade Granola Bras with Peanut butter (No Bake) | Energy Date Bars Recipe,

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Granola Bars with Peanut Butter (No Bake) | Date Bars

Make these easy, homemade, no-bake granola bars with peanut butter in less than 20 minutes. This is the healthiest granola bar recipe you will ever make. These energy bars are vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, easily customizable, and perfect for healthy snacking.

Prep Time10

Cook Time8

Resting Time30

Total Time18

Course: Breakfast, Desserts, Snack

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 206kcal

Author: Kushi

Equipment

9*9 inch square pan

Ingredients

1 ½ cups Dates pitted
2 cups Rolled Oats
½ cup Almonds
½ cup Roasted peanuts
⅓ cup Peanut butter
⅓ cup Honey / Agave nectar / Maple syrup
3 tablespoon Cranberry jam / Dried cranberries
¼ teaspoon Salt

Instructions

How to make granola bars? (Energy Bars)

Preparation for healthy granola bars

Blend the dates in a food processor or blender till it's crushed into smaller chunks. Do not add any water.
1 ½ cups Dates pitted
Dry roast oats with a pinch of salt on a medium flame for 6 to 10 minutes or until they become slightly golden.
2 cups Rolled Oats, ¼ teaspoon Salt
Dry roast the almonds if you are using the raw ones. Otherwise, ignore this step. Roasted nuts always enhance the taste.
½ cup Almonds
Line a 9 * 9-inch baking pan with parchment paper and keep it ready.

Mixing all the ingredients to make granola bars

Add peanut butter and honey to the pan and warm it on low heat. You can even microwave this in a large bowl. (Just warm is what we need).
⅓ cup Peanut butter, ⅓ cup Honey
Once it is melted, add dates, roasted oats, almonds, peanuts, and cranberry jam, and give it a thorough mix so that everything is well combined.
½ cup Roasted peanuts, 3 tablespoon Cranberry jam
Transfer this to the prepared pan and spread out so that they are uniformly distributed and flattened.
I place another parchment paper or plastic wrap on top of it and use a glass to press it down.
Cover this with plastic wrap and let it firm up in the fridge or freezer for 30 minutes.
Cut them into pieces of the desired size. Store in an airtight container.
Serve as needed and enjoy.

Notes

Once you transfer the mixture to the baking pan, press it down as firmly as possible.
The oats will need some time to absorb moisture from sweeteners and nut butter. So chill it for atleast 30 minutes before you cut them.
Once you slice, store them in an airtight container or wrap each slice in plastic wrap or parchment paper.
Based on the sweetness of dates and peanut butter, adjust the honey in the recipe.
Cranberry jam can be substituted with your favorite fruit jam or, dried cranberries or raisins.

Granola Bars Variations

Dried fruits: add raisins, blueberries, cherries, and figs if you love dried fruits.
Toasted coconut flakes enhance the flavor of your granola bars.
To make it even healthier, you can add chia seeds, hemp seeds, pumpkin, or sunflower seeds.
For flavor, add almond or vanilla extract.
To make it kid-friendly, add chocolate chips.
To enjoy it during the fall or holiday season, you can even add a pinch of cinnamon and pumpkin spice.
Add almond butter or cashew butter instead of peanut butter.
Instead of almonds, you can use walnuts, pecans, cashews, or pistachios.

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