Gluten-Free Granola Bars

By swaysilver

Home made gluten free granola bars from
www.sheletthemeatcake.com

Ingredients

• Gluten-Free Granola Bars
• 2 cups quinoa flakes (certified gluten-free oats would work too)
• 1 cup blanched almond meal
• 3/4 cup chopped dates
• 1/2 cup ground walnuts/cashews
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans (any type of nuts would work)
• 1/2 cup melted coconut oil (sunflower oil or another oil would work here too)
• 1/2 cup honey (good honey, local honey if possible)
• 3 tbsp unsweetened apple sauce
• 2 tsp vanilla
• sesame seeds for sprinkling (optional)

Details

Adapted from sheletthemeatcake.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with aluminum foil and oil the aluminum foil.

In a large bowl, stir together the quinoa flakes, almond meal, dates, ground walnuts, sea salt, cinnamon, and chopped nuts.

In a smaller bowl, combine the coconut oil, honey, apple sauce and vanilla. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and combine. Use a wet spatula to press the mixture into the prepared pan. Sprinkle granola bars with desired amount of sesame seeds.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Cool in the pan. Once cooled, remove the granola bars (still in foil) and cut into desired sizes. Refrigerate granola bars in an air-tight container or wrapped in saran wrap. These can easily be stored in the freezer for future use.