Friday, August 24, 2012

Paleo "oatmeal" bars!

Ingredients:
-1 tablespoon flax meal
-1 1/2 tablespoon water
-2 cups shredded unsweetened coconut
-1 1/2 cups slivered almonds
-1/3 cup sunflower seeds
-2 tsp cinnamon
-3/4 tsp baking soda
-1/4 tsp salt
-1/2 cup plain protien powder (i used chocolate whey)
-1/3 cup melted coconut oil
-1/4 cup melted honey
-1/4 cup almond butter
-1 egg
-1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
-3/4 cup chocolate chips (dark, gluten free, whatever) and dried fruit (both optional)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 and spray a 9x13 pan (or any other sized baking pan) with olive oil
2. Mix coconut oil, egg, vanilla extract, honey, flax meal and water, and almond butter in a large bowl.
3. Add all the other dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
4. Mix well...the batter will be dry and sticky.
5. Add in dried fruit and chocolate chips if you like.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes and let cool before cutting!!!!
7. Wrap individually and store in the fridge for later :)

I made 12 bars with the following nutrition facts for each bar....

Calories: 275
Fat: 21g
Carbs: 15g
Protien: 9g

1 comment:

  1. Hey - I was just wondering how much oatmeal you used. I didn't see it there in the recipe. Thanks!

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