Delicious Nut Free Granola Bar Recipe

Here at CMP, we create our own recipes and homemade, organic snacks. This week the kids enjoyed our Nut Free Granola Bars. This recipe is easy to make and is gluten free, dairy free, vegan, and organic. Your kids will love it!

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups of gluten free organic oats
• 1/3 cup of organic raisins
• 1/3 cup of organic cranberries
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 1 tsp of ginger
• 1 tsp of cinnamon
• 1 cup of organic applesauce
• ¼ cup of organic maple syrup
• 2 organic ripe bananas

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees

2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and toast the oats for 10 minutes

3. Blend the binding ingredients (i.e. raisins, cranberries, vanilla, ginger, cinnamon, applesauce and maple syrup) into a large mixing bowl

4. Remove toasted oats from the oven and cool for 5 minutes

5. Combine the oats and all of the binding ingredients and mix together until fully blended

6. Mash in the 2 ripe bananas

7. Bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 15 minutes

8. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before cutting into squares

9. ENJOY!

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