Name: Healthy Vegan Granola Bars Recipe
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 150g Coconut Oil; 4 Heaped Tbsp Agave Syrup; 50g Chopped Toasted Hazelnuts; 1 Tbsp Sunflower Seeds; 1 Tbsp Pumpkin Seeds; 1/2 Tbsp Chia Seeds; 1/2 Tbsp Flax Seeds; 120g Raisins or other Dried Fruit; 60g Glace Cherries; 150g Organic Porridge Oats

Inspired by one of our blogger's guilty pleasures, these tasty, healthy granola bars have all the taste with only a fraction of the calories! Bursting with nutty, seedy goodness - these bars are a great snack if you're on the go and just need a boost to keep you going until your next meal.

Equipment

Square or Rectangular Baking Tin
Saucepan
Wooden Spoon
Spatula

Ingredients

Method

Preheat your oven to 190C//gas 5 (170C for fan ovens). Grease and line a square or rectangular tin.
Put the low-fat spread or coconut oil and agave syrup into a medium-sized sauce pan and allow it to melt over a low heat, stirring continously.
Add the remaining ingredients and stir until thoroughly combined.
Spoon the mixture into the tin and level it out (a spatula is very handy for this!)
Place onto the top shelf of the oven and bake for 20 mins, until golden brown.
Allow to cool, then carefully remove from the baking parchment and tin and slice into 12 squares.

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After leaving Cardiff University in 2010 with a BA degree in Journalism, Film and Media, Kacie had an insatiable desire to write about food. With no plans to leave Cardiff just yet, she began blogging about the Welsh food and drink scene, focusing mainly upon South Wales. Fast forward 4-5 years and The Rare Welsh Bit has grown to become a popular food blog in South Wales, enabling her to build her profile as a writer, meet lots of like-minded foodies and eat way too much free food!. Meanwhile, having spent 7 weeks in Jamaica last year, she's well and truly caught the travel bug and can’t wait to start writing about the different places she's explored so far.For the first time ever, The Rare Welsh Bit will feature restaurants, products, recipes, events and attractions not only from Wales, but from throughout the UK and further afield!