5 Ingredient No Bake Granola Bars
Quick, easy and healthy granola bars made in bulk
Equipment
- Large Glass Bowl
- 12 x 18’’ Square baking pan or Granola Bar Pan
- Cookie Sheet
- Wooden Spoon for mixing and pressing
- Parchment or Wax paper
Ingredients
- 3-4 cups Old Fashioned Oats Depends on how chewy you like your bars! If you want them more moist go with 3 cups! A little more dry go with 4.
- 1 cup Maple Syrup
- 2 Cups Creamy Peanut Butter
- 3 Tbsp Chia Seeds
- 1/2 Cup Mini Chocolate Chips (optional)
Instructions
- Get out a large glass bowl that can be safely microwaved. If you are doing this on your stove top, get out a pot and turn the stove on to medium low heat. Add in the peanut butter and then syrup together and microwave for about 20 seconds or until the syrup is bubbling.
- When your syrup and peanut butter is heated up, fold in the oats and chia seeds until they are all binded together.
- Add in the mini chocolate chips if you are using them
- Get out your 12x18’’ baking pan and line it with parchment or wax paper.
- Press down the oat mixture into the pan with a spatula until it is completely flat. It is important to really press the oats firmly down so they don’t crumble apart when they come out of the freezer.
- If you are using a granola bar pan make sure you tightly pack down the granola with a spoon or small spatula that can get into the small corners.
- Place the baking pan in the freezer for around 30 minutes to let the syrup harden and set.
HOW TO STORE
- You can either keep this in the freezer (covered) and eat them later if you doubled the batch. Or you can pull them out and slice them up. Place them in the fridge and store them for 1-2 weeks.