Crunchy Granola Bars Non Sticky
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Crunchy Granola Bars Non Sticky
Description
The Crunchy Granola Bars combine dry ingredients such as almond flour, tapioca starch, oats, shredded coconut, nuts, seeds, salt, and baking soda. Wet ingredients—melted coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and applesauce—bind the mix into a soft dough. Chocolate chips are mixed in before pressing the mixture into a pan and baking at moderate heat.
The baking time adjusts the bar texture from soft and chewy (around 22 minutes) to thoroughly crispy (30 minutes or more). The bars have a mixture of nutty and slightly sweet flavors with textural contrast from the nuts, seeds, and oats. Optional chocolate chips on top add extra sweetness and visual appeal.
This recipe allows for flexibility with nut and seed substitutions, omission of coconut or oats, and reduced oil for an oil-free or allergen-adapted version. Cooling and slicing after initial baking helps achieve clean bar shapes and desired consistency. Leftover bars keep well for snacking.
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1 cup almond flour
- 2 tablespoons tapioca starch
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons coconut optional, shredded
- 1/3 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup nuts I use a mix of chopped pistachios, chia seeds and hemp seeds, chopped
- 1/4 cup seeds I use a mix of chopped pistachios, chia seeds and hemp seeds, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Wet Ingredients
- 1 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil I use refined coconut oil for a less coconutty flavor, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or more, to taste
- 4 to 5 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon applesauce
- 3 tablespoons chocolate chips
For Topping
- 3 tablespoon chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- In a bowl, add all the dry ingredients. That's almond flour, tapioca starch, salt, coconut, oats, nuts and seeds, and baking soda. Mix really well. Press and mix to break up any lumps of almond flour.
- Add in the melted coconut oil, 4 tablespoons maple syrup, applesauce, and vanilla. Mix and press again to make a homogeneous mixture. Add more maple 1 teaspoon at a time if needed if the mix is not a soft dough.
- Add in the chocolate chips and mix, then line an 8x8-inch brownie pan or baking dish, and press this mixture into the pan. Even it out with a spatula.
- Bake at 330° F (165° C) for 20 to 28 minutes. The baking time depends on your oven and baking dish and how crispy you want your granola bars to be.
- At 22 minutes, bars will be kind of like a soft cookie. For really crispy bars, you can either bake them all the way to 32 or more minutes or you can take the bars out after 25 minutes, let them cool for a bit, slice them up into the bars, and then put them back in on a baking sheet to bake for 10 -15 minutes so that they get more crispy. The longer baking time keeps them more shelf stable.
- Once the bars are done baking, remove them from the oven, and let them cool for 5 minutes,
- Make the optional melted chocolate topping by melting the chocolate chips on a double boiler or in the microwave and then just drizzling that all over the bars. Put the bars in the fridge, so that the chocolate can set. Then, separate them out and let them cool completely and store. If you're storing for longer, you want to refrigerate them to last for to 3 weeks.
Notes
- Almond flour is essential as the base; substituting other flours is not recommended.
- Oats can be omitted for an oat-free version, adjusting maple syrup quantity accordingly.
- Coconut can be left out and replaced with alternative oils if desired.
- To make the bars oil-free, omit coconut oil and increase maple syrup by about one tablespoon.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 148 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 148kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Sodium | 51mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 32mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 26IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 37mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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