I’m in love with these bars and have been eating one every day for breakfast! The best part is that they don’t spike my blood sugar like regular granola bars do and they;re very low carb. I’ve seen a lot of good Paleo recipes using honey but I’m avoiding all sugar right now so I made these with xylitol. They crumble a little bit more than they would with honey, but I don’t mind because they’re so good!
| Granola Bars (Grain Free, Sugar Free) |
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups nuts (I used almonds, pecans and walnuts)
- 1 cup of shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup dried fruit (I used cranberries and golden raisins)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons xylitol
- pinch of powdered stevia
- 2 1/2-3 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and bake nuts on a baking sheet for 11-13 minutes.
- Cook coconut on skillet over medium heat until golden brown.
- Put coconut into a medium bowl and stir in the cinnamon and stevia.
- Add in the dried fruit.
- In a small saucepan, melt the xylitol, applesauce and coconut oil over medium low heat.
- When the nuts are out of the oven, set aside about 1/3 cup of the nuts and add them to the fruit and coconut mixture.
- Pour the rest of the nuts into a food processor and process until they’re chopped really small.
- Add the processed nuts into the bowl and stir everything together.
- Pour the applesauce mixture into the bowl and combine everything really well.
- Pour into a loaf pan thats lined with parchment paper.
- Press down really hard and then refrigerate it for 2-3 hours.
- Slice into bars and enjoy!
