Coconut Almond Granola Bar Awesomeness
1 cup nuts, blended to powder (I used almonds)
1 cup oats
1/4 cup wheat germ
1 whole coconut, shredded (~2 cups)
1 cup turbinado sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup soymilk
1 teaspoon almond extract
Combine the nut powder, oats, coconut, wheat germ, salt and sugar.
Combine the soymilk and almond extract and add to the dry ingredients.
Mix thoroughly, and firmly press onto a greased cookie sheet (if you don't press it down, they will just fall apart and turn into granola).
Cook at 350F for ~25 mins then raise temp to 450F for another 10-20 mins or until golden. Let cool completely, cut into bars and enjoy!
Notes:
I greased my cookie sheet with virgin coconut oil cuz it's so yummy, but you can use canola or margarine etc.. just try to avoid olive oil cuz it will give the bars a strange taste..
Also, a mix of almond, pistachio, cashew and macadamia nuts is super delicious too (although very expensive hehe ;) ).
The nuts give a lot of protein, the coconut gives a bunch of medium chain tri-glycerides, the type of fat that’s really good for you and your metabolism, and the oats and wheat germ give you fiber. Overall, these are my favorite energy/granola bars ever. They taste so good and are so good for you.
SO HOW'D IT GO?
Made this recipe this afternoon, and between myself, my husband and our 18month old daughter, we almost had it finished in a day. This is a great recipe, heatly and easy to make. All I changed was not cooking it for the last 10-20 minutes in the 450 degree heat, only because I wanted it more chewy for my daughter. Thanks for sharing:o)
Ah, how lovely these could have been if they hadn't burned! Since others had also commented on this, I turned the oven up to 400 degrees instead of the instructed 450 and left them in for just 7 minutes - still too much. Maybe next time (sniff, sniff). I threw in a handful of hemp and flax seeds, a handful of raisins, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/8ish of cocoa powder and subbed 3/4 tsp stevia for the sugar.
these tasted a bit like almond joys :) but the edges were burnt black so i'll adjust the time next time i make these, perhaps with some chocolate
These are excellent, thank you!!!! I added carob chips. Delicious! I can't wait for my fam to try them. I believe they're gonna love it! Where did you get the idea? What role do the ground almonds and wheat germ play? They both act as binders? I'm such an amateur cook.
I made these using pecans and packaged coconut. The flavor is great, because it's so coconuty, but I think the baking times need to be tweaked a bit. Overall, it's a great, simple recipe. Mine can't really be cut into bars, but it's just as good broken into hunks.
DoH!!! :-D I knew something had to be wrong!! :-D Thanks!!!! lol 8-)
Thanks!!
Wax paper isn't meant to be baked. Parchment paper is oven safe and shouldn't set off your fire alarm. :)
Thanks!!
I recently found gluten free oats in the states and was sooooo excited to try this out because granola has always been my favorite!! I used bagged unsweetened coconut shreds, pecans instead of almonds and vanilla instead of almond extract (almond allergy >:-( ) 1/3 cup agave nectar 1/3 cup xylitol crystals and 1/4 cup finely chopped/smashed dried white raisins instead of sugar, flax instead of wheat germ and used parchment paper to line. omg YUM! I think I am now happy with snack-life again. THANK YOU!
These taste so delicious, but I had such a hard time getting them off the cookie sheet. I oiled it with virgin coconut oil as suggested (because it is incredibly yummy!) really well but they still stuck. Thank you very much to hiimkelsi, for the double boiling idea, otherwise I would have driven myself nuts and destroyed many utensils.
This might have something to do with me overcooking them for a couple minutes, and also that I used packaged coconut. My problem is that fresh coconut is expensive here (I live in the desert and fresh fruit is hard to come by, especially exotic fruits), and I don't think I've even seen an organic coconut, although I've never really looked.
So, my question is to any one who has made these successfully, what can I do to ensure these don't stick again, besides using fresh coconut (which isn't really an option for me) or parchment paper? I swore I oiled the sheet really well.
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