Granola Bars

1 1/4 cups of rolled oats
1/4 cup each of wheat bran, oat bran and flax seed
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup of chocolate chips.
1/2 cup Maple Syrup
1 egg, beaten
1 banana, mashed
2 tbsp canola oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup Golden Pea butter

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Line 9x13 Pan with parchment paper, or grease it if you don't have parchment paper.
In large bowl, mix together the dry ingrediants.
Make a well in the centre, pour in the honey, egg, banana, oil and vanilla.
Mix well. Pat the mixture evenly into the pan.
Bake for about 25-30 minutes.
Cool for 5 minutes, then cut into bars or squares. Do not allow the bars to cool completely before cutting or they will be too hard to cut.

** Alternatively you can use dired fruit instead of the Chocolate Chips.
Use honey instead of the Maple Syrup and omit the Pea Butter.
I use Pea Butter so that it is school friendly, but you can use Peanut Butter as well.


My girls love these. Kalia will keep eating them until they are gone if I let her. My husband Darin is not fond of them, but frankly seeing as the girls love them so much I dont care :o)

I got this recipe from Megan who writes Food and Whine
http://megans-kitchen.blogspot.com
I tweaked it a bit to make it my kid friendly.