Recipe Name Nut Butter Snack Bars Submitted by TinaBo Recipe Description High energy/high calorie power bar, which requires minimal cooking. Keep refrigerated (they get a little soft at room temperature). Quantity 1 Quantity Unit 9x13 pan Prep Time (minutes) 60 Cook Time (minutes) 2 Ready In (minutes) 62

Ingredients Amount Measure Ingredient 2 cups Almond flour, Bobs red mill 1 cup dry, rolled oats 1/2 cup rice puffed cereal or millet 1 cup flax seeds, ground 1 cup coconut flakes, unsweetened, unsulphured, Bobs Red Mill 1/2 cups almond butter, plain 1/2 cup peanut butter, natural, non hydrogenated 1/2 cup coconut oil 2 1/2 tablespoons corn syrup, light 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup chocolate chips, semi sweet, Ghirardelli Steps Sequence Step 1 Combine almond meal, flax meal, coconut, almond butter, oats, cereal, and peanut butter (and 1/4 tsp salt if your nut butters are salt-free). It helps to microwave it for about 1 minute to soften it up. Or you can use a food processor but that is messy. 2 In a small microwave safe bowl, melt coconut oil. Stir in sweetener and vanilla into oil. (Note: for sweetener, you can use agave nectar, corn syrup, glucose syrup, maple syrup, honey, or anything you prefer.) 3 Add coconut oil mixture to food processor and stir to form a coarse paste. 4 Spread in 9x13 glass pan and refrigerate for one hour. 5 Melt chocolate chips and spread on top of chilled mixture. Refrigerate again until hardened. Cut into small bars. A little goes a long way! 6 Store bars in refrigerator because they can get soft at room temperature. 7 The original recipe doubled the coconut oil but since I made a lot of tweaks to the recipe, and they seem too greasy with that much oil, I''ve cut it in half. I haven''t tried it this way yet. The original recipe did not have oats or rice cereal. It called for almonds instead of almond meal, to be ground in a food processor. Too fussy for me! 8 Note about the rice cereal: This is optional. I used "Nature''s Path Organic Millet Rice Cereal with Oat Bran" - it has a small amount of sugar in it. I only use it for the crunch factor. Rice Krispies would be okay for that, but I don''t think puffed rice would be great. Have fun experimenting!