Oat Seed Bar

It’s-Almost-Springtime Seed Bar

 Made with the sweetness from the bees and the sugar from the trees. Our magical formula for these bars is one tablespoon each hemp, sesame, chia, and pumpkin seeds, but the world is your oyster. We recommend letting the honey and sun butter stay at room temperature for at least an hour before mixing so they are nice and supple.

Ingredients:

3 cups uncooked rolled oats

1 cup puffed rice

1/4 cup mix of seeds—chia, sesame, pumpkin, poppy, hemp—whatever strikes your fancy 

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda 

2 tablespoons grape seed oil (or canola, or other neutral oil)

1/4 cup maple syrup

1/4 cup honey, room temperature

1/2 cup sun butter, room temperature

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Combine the oats, rice, seeds, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl.

• In a Smaller bowl, mix together oil, maple syrup, honey, and sun butter and stir until smooth.

• Pour the sun butter mix over the grain mix and fold in with a spatula or wooden spoon until everything is coated in the sweetened sun butter.

• Press into a 9-by-13-inch pan lined with parchment paper or lightly greased with grape seed oil. Bake for 20-25 minutes, turning halfway through, until there is a light toast on top and it smells delicious.

• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cutting board. Cut into squares or rectangles for granola-bar-style snacks. Or let cool entirely in the pan and then break apart into chunky granola-style nuggets.