Vegan pumpkin seed and almond granola bars
Ingredients
- ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon porridgeoatmeal, cookedX oatsoatmeal uncookedX
- ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon jumbo oatsoatmeal uncookedX
- ¾ cup raisins
- ⅔ almonds, roughly chopped
- ⅓ cup pumpkin seeds
- ⅓ cup sunflower seeds
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup ground chia seeds
- 2 tablespoon almond butter
- 6 medjool dates, pitted
- ½ cup maple syrup
Instructions
1 Heat the oven to 200°C/ fan 180°C/gas 6. Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper. In a large bowl, mix together both types of oats, the raisins, almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon and chia seeds.
2 Put the almond butter, dates and maple syrup in a food processor and pulse until smooth. Stir this mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well until everything becomes sticky.
3 Pour the mixture into the prepared baking tray and bake for 25 min until golden. Once cooked, remove and leave to cool before cutting into 12 even-sized bars.
HFG tip
If you prefer, you can just use one variety of oats and double the quantity.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 297cal
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Kilojoules 1243kJ
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Protein 8.8g
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Total fat 14g
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–Saturated fat 1.6g
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Carbohydrates 29g
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–Sugars 17g
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Dietary fibre 5.6g
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sodium N/S
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Calcium 87mg
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Iron 2.5mg
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