Gluten Free Healthy Granola Bars

5 from 1 vote

Gluten Free Healthy Granola Bars

Gluten Free Granola Bars are so easy to make at home. Packed with nutritious ingredients like seeds, coconut and oats for a healthy snack!

Prep Time10

Chill Time1

Total Time1 10

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: brownies and bars, meal prep, no bake

Servings: bars

Ingredients

2 cups certified gluten-free oats if using rolled oats see note below
½ cup certified gluten-free oat flour or almond flour
⅓ cup ground flax seed
2 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup natural peanut butter
⅓ cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⅓ cup unsweetened shredded coconut optional
½ cup sunflower seeds or any chopped nuts or seeds
⅓ cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions

If using rolled oats, I recommend pulsing the oats in a food processor or high powered blender until they are about half the size (this helps the bars stick together easier).
In a large bowl combine oats, oat or almond flour, ground flax seed, cinnamon and salt. Mix well.
Form a well in the center of the dry ingredients and gently add in the peanut butter, honey, vanilla extract, shredded coconut, sunflower seeds and mini chocolate chips. Stir well. You may need to use your hands to ensure everything is fully mixed together.
Line an 8x8 inch baking pan with parchment paper. Distribute the mixture evenly in the pan and press down to ensure everything sticks together. Chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour before cutting.
Slice into 12 equal sized bars. Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.

Notes

*** for a smaller snack: feel free to divide the bars into halves to create 24 mini granola bars!

Peanut butter can be replaced with any nut or seed butter of choice.

Flax seed can be replaced with additional oat or almond flour or an equal amount of protein powder.

To make your own oat flour: add ¾ cup of whole oats into a food processor or high powered blender and blend until a flour-like consistency forms.

If you are finding the mixture to be too crumbly, this is likely because your peanut butter was drier: add an additional 2 tablespoon of peanut butter.

*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don't forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.

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