Peanut Butter Chia Power Bar
By: Mark Nanna, Executive Chef, The Lawrence
Ingredients
¼ cup dry-roasted peanuts
¼ cup chia seeds
1½ cups rolled oats
1½ cups crisp rice cereal
½ cup dates
1 tablespoon molasses
3 tablespoons peanut butter (creamy or chunky)
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch cinnamon
1 pinch nutmeg
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 325°F. On a foil-lined cookie sheet, toast chia seeds, peanuts, and rolled oats for about 12 minutes. After toasting, add chia seed mixture to cereal in a large mixing bowl.
Hand-chop or pulse dates in a food processor and add to rice cereal/chia seed mixture.
In a small pot, combine molasses, peanut butter, vanilla extract, cinnamon and nutmeg. Heat pot on low heat and stir until smooth (about 5 minutes). Combine the wet and dry ingredients with rubber spatula and press into a foil-lined, 8×8 baking pan.
Bake for 10 minutes. If using chocolate chips, bake for 5 minutes. Remove pan, sprinkle chips evenly across top and bake for additional 5 minutes. Smooth chocolate on top and refrigerate or let set to cool.
Cut into 9 even power bars, serve. Makes: 9 servings.
Nutrients Per serving
Calories | 185 |
Fat | 8g |
Saturated Fat | 1g |
Cholesterol | 0mg |
Carbohydrates | 26g |
Protein | 5g |
Fiber | 5g |
Sodium | 28mg |
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