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Healthy granola bars without sugar and only 5 ingredients

Healthy granola bars - only 5 ingredients and no sugar

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Chill Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 16
Calories 165 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 300 g dates
  • 200 g oat flakes Use large flakes that have to be cooked to prepare not fine oat flakes
  • 20 g coconut oil
  • 100 g walnuts
  • 50 g sugar free chocolate or dark chocolate, if you want to make it low sugar

Instructions

  • Pour boiling water over 300 g of dates and let them soak for 30 minutes.
    soaking dates
  • Preheat a pan over medium heat. Melt 20 g coconut oil in a pan, add 200 g oat flakes, 100 g chopped walnuts. Fry until the flakes are crispy, stirring constantly. Be careful not to burn them. Remove from heat and transfer to a cold bowl to stop cooking.
    toasting oats for healthy granola bars
  • Reserve 50ml of the water in which the dates were soaked, and drain the rest. In a blender or food processor, blend the soaked dates with the reserved water until smooth.
    date paste
  • Add the toasted oats and nuts to the date paste, and mix until well combined.
    adding oats healthy granola bars
  • Line a baking form with parchment paper (my baking form is 28x18 cm). Transfer the mixture into the baking form and press it down firmly. Cut into 16 servings. Place the form in the freezer for at least 2 hours until the mixture is firm.
    making healthy granola bars
  • Remove the bars from the freezer and cut the mixture into servings.
    cutting healthy granola bars
  • Melt 50 g chocolate. Drizzle the melted chocolate over each serving.
    chocolate healthy granola bars
  • Store the bars in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to a week.
    storing healthy granola bars
Tags low calorie
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