Healthy Muesli Bars
Healthy muesli bars without sugar are a delicious, nutritious snack bar. They are made with oats and nuts and are high in protein. These chewy low sugar muesli bars are easy to make and perfect for breakfast on the go or a healthy snack.
Equipment
- 20 x 20cm baking tin
- baking paper
- saucepan
Ingredients
- 200 g oats
- 100 g nuts unsalted, unroasted nuts of choice
- 20 g sunflower seeds
- 100 g honey
- 100 g peanut butter
- 20 g coconut oil or another healthy oil
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
Instructions
- Line a 20x20 cm baking tray with baking paper, leaving some extra paper on the sides so that you can easily remove the bars from the tray. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees (140 fan).
- Place the peanut butter, coconut oil and honey in a large pan and melt together over a low heat. Remove from the heat as soon as the mixture has melted.
- Roughly chop the nuts. Add to the pan along with the oats, sunflower seeds and ground cinnamon. Mix together thoroughly.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin. Level with the back of a spoon, and press the mixture firmly into the tin.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- Remove the tin from the oven and mark the muesli bars into 12 bars or squares whilst still warm. Leave to cool in the tin.
- Once cool, remove from the tin and cut fully into 12 pieces.
Notes
- You can use whichever nuts you prefer as long as they are unsalted and unroasted. I like to use a mix of different types of nuts so that there's a mix of nutrients and flavours.
- Sunflower seeds can be substituted with other types of seeds or additional nuts.
- Add 80-100g dried fruit if liked - sultanas, dates, dried cranberries, figs and apricots all work well.
- Coconut oil can be replaced with other healthy oil or an extra spoonful of peanut butter.
- For gluten-free muesli bars, use certified gluten-free oats. For vegan bars, use maple syrup or agave in place of honey.
Nutrition
Calories: 208kcalCarbohydrates: 22.4gProtein: 6.2gFat: 11.2gSaturated Fat: 3.1gFiber: 2.8gSugar: 8.4g
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