SweetGingerGranola Bars

I love searching and trying out new recipes for on-the-go foods like granola/protein bars.  I found a great ratio recipe at: Browneyedbaker.  Throwing in my own ideas for granola bars, high protein and sweeteners, this is what I came up with.  For a high energy, high protein, healthy choice, these granola bars are far less expensive to make than purchase. 

Sweet Ginger Granola Bars

• 1 1/2Cups Ground Oat Flour
• 1 Cup Blanched Almond Flour
• 1/2 Cup Quinoa Puffs
• 1 Tbsp. Cinnamon
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. Ginger
• 1 Cup Variety of Nuts and Seeds (I used 1/2 Cup Raw Sunflower Seeds, 1/4 Cup Almonds, 1/4 Cup Pumpkin Seeds for this recipe (I pulsed these in my Ninja to chop into slightly smaller pieces)
• 1/3 Cup Molasses
• 1/2 Cup Honey (I used blackberry for this recipe)
• 1/2 Cup Almond Butter
• 1/2 Cup + 3 Tbsp. Unsweetened Applesauce
• 1/4 Cup Dried Blueberries

Toppings:
1/2 Cup White Chocolate Chips
1/4 Cup Pumpkin Seeds
1/8 Cup Quinoa Puffs
1/4 Cup Golden Raisins

If you have whole gluten free oats, pulse them in a blender or Ninja until it resembles a course oat flour.  Add the oat flour, almond flour, quinoa puffs, cinnamon and ginger to Ninja and pulse until well blended.  Add Nuts and seeds and blend well by pulsing a few times until well incorporated.  This will be a dry flour at this point.  Do not pulse so much that it turns into seed butter.  Pour flour into large bowl. Add blueberries and fold into flour until well incorporated. Set aside.

In a separate pot, add molasses, honey, almond butter, applesauce and cook on low heat while stirring until well blended.   Pour into dry mixture and fold well, until all ingredients are well blended.

Spray a large pyrex baking dish (9x14) and a large sheet of wax paper with non-stick cooking spray.  Pour mixture into dish and press down with wax paper until level.  Add the toppings you desire evenly over the top and press down with the wax paper.  Bake for 25 minutes @ 325 degrees.  Cool & Cut.
Serve. Eat. Enjoy!