Best 8 Healthy Granola Bars Recipes

CHEWY, NUTTY, HEALTHY GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square baking dish.
• Stir peanut butter and melted butter together in a bowl until smooth. Add brown sugar, honey, corn syrup, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and salt; stir. Mix applesauce into peanut butter mixture.
• Combine oats and flour in a bowl; toss to coat oats with flour. Stir peanuts and raisins into oat mixture. Pour peanut butter mixture over the oat mixture; stir to coat completely. Spread mixture into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and continue baking until chocolate melts and edges begin to brown, about 5 minutes more. Spread melted chocolate chips with the back of a spoon or a rubber spatula to coat the top. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

(SUPER HEALTHY) CHEWY GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Toast oats for 5 minutes in a dry skillet over medium heat. Let cool.
• In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients (including oats) and whisk together until well combined.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together wet ingredients until well blended.
• Add wet mixture to dry ingredients and blend gently until well moistened. Add any of the suggested additions now (see Step 8). Mixture should be moist but not too wet. If it seems too dry and crumbly, add a little more applesauce (by the spoonful).
• Line a 9in x 13in pan with parchment paper and press mixture into pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes. Cut into bars while warm, but let cool completely before removing from pan.
• Suggested additions (add up to 2 cups of any of the following): chocolate chips, raisins (soaked in hot water for 10 minutes then drained), unsweetened shredded coconut, sunflower seeds (unsalted), pumpkin seeds (unsalted), dried fruit (like chopped apricots, cranberries), chopped toasted nuts.

HEALTHY GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Toast oats on a dry sheet pan at 400 degrees for 10min or until slightly brown and toasted.
• Whisk together eggs, egg whites, vanilla, oil, cinnamon, sugar and salt in a bowl.
• Add in oats, fruit, nuts and bran.
• Spread in a 8 by 11 pan that is lined with foil and sprayed with cooking spray.
• Cook at 325 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool, cut and enjoy!
• If you use a bigger pan like a 9 by 13 your bars will be thiner and cook in approx 25min. Or use a smaller pan for thicker bars and cook an extra 5-10min.

HEALTHY NUTELLA® GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x11-inch baking dish.
• Stir raisins, 3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons applesauce, chocolate-hazelnut spread, brown sugar, honey, corn syrup, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl.
• Combine oats and flour together in a resealable plastic bag, shake until mixed. Stir oat mixture into chocolate-hazelnut mixture; spread granola into prepared baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven until lightly brown, about 15 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into bars, about 1 hour.

HEALTHY WHOLE GRAIN GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat together bananas, brown sugar and splenda until creamy.
• Add eggs and vanilla, beat until incorporated.
• Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and add to wet mixture.
• Stir in oats, puff cereal, raisins and cranberries and mix well.
• Spread evenly in a 13x9 inches baking pan lined with tin foil.
• Bake for 27-30 minutes until light golden brown.
• Remove from oven, let cool 1 minute and using tin foil as handles gently lift bars out of the cake pan. Pull away sides of tin foil and let cool completely at room temperature.
• Once cool, cut into 24 servings.

HEALTHY AFTER-SCHOOL GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread oats, quinoa, almonds, and chia seeds on a baking sheet.
• Toast in the preheated oven, stirring halfway through, until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Mix peanut butter, honey, and coconut oil together in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Mix in oat mixture, flaxseed meal, and salt until well combined. Press granola mixture into a 12x18-inch baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bars set, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven; sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake until chocolate is just melted, about 5 minutes. Spread melted chocolate evenly over bars with a rubber spatula.
• Place in the freezer until chocolate is firm, about 20 minutes; cut into bars.

HEALTHY THICK CHEWY GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 350°F Line an 8"x8"x2" pan with parchment paper. Lightly grease the parchment paper and the exposed pan or coat with a non-stick spray.
• Stir together all the dry ingredients, including the fruit and nuts. In a separate bowl, whisk together the vanilla, melted butter or margarine, liquid sweeteners, water, and nut butter until smooth. Toss the wet incredients witht eh dry until the mixture is evenly curmbly. Spread in the prepared pan, pressing them in firmly.
• Bake the bars for 28-35 minutes, until they're lightly browned on the edges. They will still sem soft and underbaked when you press the centre. Let cool fully before cutting in to squares with the serrated knife. I sometimes put them in the freezer befor cutting so the cut smoothly.
• Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or in the freezer.
• *My favorite add ins are dried cherries, chocolate chips, pecans and seasme seeds. However you can add dried cranberries, apricots, apples, pears, walnuts, pistachios, sunflower seeds, coconut, or any other dried fruit or nuts. I sometimes even add protien powder or dried greens.

HEALTHY CRANBERRY GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Mix oats, almonds, walnuts, bran, coconut and salt and roast in over at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Dissolve honey and vanilla in pot under low heat.
• Remove dry ingredients and pour into a bowl.
• Lower oven to 300 degrees.
• Grease 9 x13 glass dish with cooking spray.
• Mix liquid into bowl with dry ingredients, add cranberries or whatever else you want.
• Pour into dish and spread out evenly.
• Place wax paper on top and smash down. You can use a can or glass to do this as well.
• Bake at 300 for 30-40 minutes, till golden brown.
• Let cool for at least 1-2 hours to harden.
• Cut and enjoy.