A healthy “Dietitian Version” of the Classic Glo Bars!
Taste just like Glo Bars. These are the perfect granola bars for anyone who wants to make homemade granola bars for lunches or school snacks.
The original recipe calls for ingredients that are not always easy to find or are not 100% necessary. I have made some of my favourite dietitian approved adaptations, like dropping the low fibre/high GI rated rice crisp cereal and swapping it with high fibre cereal. I also ditched the coconut oil and used canola oil, and boosted the bar with heart healthy ground flax.
This recipe does taste really good using the coconut oil, but I find that many of our clients don’t have coconut oil on hand, and I wanted to see if it could be switched out. But really, if you have coconut oil at home, go ahead and use it.
I’ve also tried rolling the mixture into energy bites, and it works great too.
My favourite way of eating these granola bars is to pair them with fresh grapefruit!
Hope you enjoy!
Susan & the registered dietitian nutrition coach team at A Little Nutrition!
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Glo Bars- A Dietitians Version
- Total Time: 30
- Yield: 12 1x
Description
Healthy and hearty snack bar, great for a snack on the go
Ingredients
For the dry ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 3/4 cup Bran Buds or bran cereal
- 1/4 cup hemp hearts
- 1/4 cup shelled pumpkin seeds raw or toasted
- 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
- 2 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries or raisins
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened dried shredded coconut
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg or pumpkin pie spices
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
For the wet ingredients
- 1/2 cup brown rice syrup.
- 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup unsweetened peanut butter
- 1/2 tablespoon canola
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Line a 9-inch square pan with a piece of parchment paper. If you do not have parchment paper a well greased non stick pan will work as well.
- Place all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir well to incorporate all ingredients. Set aside.
- Add all the wet ingredients except the vanilla to a small pot and heat on low heat, stir until melted and smooth, and bubbles a little. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
- Pour the warm mixture over the dry ingredients and mix well until all the dry ingredients are coated.
- Spoon the mixture into the pan and press firmly and evenly with your hands or a spatula making to sure to reach all the corners. Firm pressure will help ensure the bars hold together. You might need to wet your hands a little to prevent sticking.
- Place the pan in the freezer, uncovered, for about 10 minutes until the bars are firm enough to slice.
- Slice bars into 12 even pieces. Bars can be wrapped in plastic wrap and stored in a freezer bag
Notes
- This recipe can be made gluten free by using gluten free oats and gluten free cereal
- Substitutions for brown rice syrup are not recommended for the reasons that the bar will not harden properly. You will get a nice tray of granola if you substitute the brown rice syrup. 🙁 It can usually be purchased at bulk food stores or health food stores.
- To make this school or daycare friendly, or if allergies are a concern, you can replace the peanut butter for a unsweetened sunflower seed butter. *I make my own my blending sunflower seeds up in my food processor.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 5
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