No bake Cinnamon Raisin Granola Bars

August 10, 2013 by Leanne Vogel July 25, 2017

Nut-free, gluten-free granola bars made with NO oats! Lightly sweetened and delicious.

Ingredients

• 2 1/3 cups puffed amaranth, puffed millet or puffed quinoa
• 1 cup raw buckwheat groats (not toasted)
• ½ cup raisins
• 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• ½ cup coconut nectar
• ½ cup homemade sunflower seed butter

Instructions

1. Lightly oil a 13×9 pan with a dab of coconut oil and set aside.
2. Add puffed cereal, buckwheat, raisins, flax and cinnamon to a large bowl. Set aside.
3. Add coconut nectar and sunflower butter to a medium-sized saucepan. Heat on medium heat, stirring constantly, until bubbles form. Then cook for another 2 minutes.
4. Pour sunflower butter mixture into cereal mix and rotate with a spoon until covered.
5. Drop into prepared pan, press down firmly and even out with your hands or the back of a spatula. The harder you press, the better your bars will be!
6. Place the pan in the fridge for one hour. Remove, cut into bars and serve.Can be served at room temperature and hold together nicely.
7. Best stored in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

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