Homemade Energy Granola Bar

Fuel your workouts or workday with our homemade granola bar, packed with nutritious ingredients to keep you energized and satisfied.

Low FODMAP serving size: 8

Ingredients: 

• 40 pitted whole dates

• 1 cup oats

• ½ cup peanut butter

• ½ cup of each:

  • Chopped walnuts

  • Pumpkin seeds

  • Slivered almonds

  • Chocolate chips

  • Raisins

  • Ground flax

• 2 teaspoons cinnamon

• 4 teaspoons vanilla

• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions: 

1. In a food processor, blend the pitted dates until they form a dough ball.

2. Add the blended dates to a large mixing bowl.

3. In the food processor, lightly pulse the walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and almonds. Pulse until lightly chopped (5-10 seconds). 

4. Add the rest of the ingredients to the same bowl: oats, peanut butter, chopped walnuts, pumpkin seeds, slivered almonds, chocolate chips, raisins, ground flax, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt.

5. Mix all the ingredients together until they are well combined. You may find it helpful to knead the dough with your hands. It's okay if there are some nuts and seeds that are not fully mixed; you will press the mixture into a pan.

6. Line a 12x9-inch pan with parchment paper, leaving some excess paper on the sides to make it easy to remove the bars later.

7. Add the mixture to the pan and firmly press it into the pan to compact the dough evenly. You can use a small cup or the back of a spoon to help with this.

8. Place the pan into the fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight to allow it to firm up.

9. Once the mixture has set, remove it from the pan using the parchment paper and place it on a cutting board.

10. Cut the mixture into 21 bars.