crunchy peanut butter granola bars (grain free, scd diet)
these homemade granola bars are full of the good stuff and none of the bad stuff. they're grain free, refined sugar free, and simply delicious.
Servings: 18 granola bars
Ingredients
- 7 medjool dates
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/3 cup crunchy, 100% all-natural peanut butter
- 1 cup finely chopped raw peanuts (peanut pieces) I buy them already broken into pieces
- 1 cup finely shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- dash of salt (optional)
Instructions
- Pit and roughly chop up the medjool dates. Meanwhile, mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Place the 1/2 cup of honey and the dates into a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat.
- Once it boils, add in the peanut butter, and turn down to low, simmering for five mins while you mix the peanut butter in well.
- Remove the date mixture from heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
- Stir the date mixture in with the dry ingredients, and add the egg, mixing well until everything is well combined and covered as evenly as possible.
- Place the mixture onto a parchment paper-lined baking tray (12 x 8 inches approx), spreading it out with a spatula. You’ll want to push it to the edges of the sheet, and it may take several times of spreading it out, along the length of the baking tray, with the spatula.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 340 for 15-20 minutes. Check after 15 mins to avoid it getting burnt.