Almond And Honey Power Bars

( Recipe from Eating Well)
active time to make-30 mins and 30 mins chilling.

1 cup oats
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1 tbsp flax seeds, preferably golden
1 tbsp sesame seeds
1 cup unsweetend whole-grain puffed cereal (see note)
1/3 cup currants
1/3 cup dried apricots
1/3 cup raisins
1/2 cup creamy almond butter
1/4 cup turbinado sugar (see note)
1/4 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt

Step one
Preheat oven to 350 and coat 8-10 inch square pan with oil.

Step two
Spread oats, almonds, sunflower seeds, flaxseeds and sunflower seeds on a large rimmed baking tray and bake until lightly toasted...shaking pan halfway through, about 10 mins.

Step three
Transfer above to a large bowl and add cereal, currants, apricots, raisins; toss to combine

Step four
Combine almond butter, sugar, honey, vanilla and salt to a small saucepan. heat over medium-low heat until the mixture satrts to bubble lightly ( around 3-5 mins)

Step five
Immediatly pour the mixture over dry ingredients and mix with spatula until no dry spots remain. transfer to greased pan ( I lined mine with parchment paper), lightly coat hands with oil and press the mixture down to make an even layer, then refridgerate until cool :-)

Cut into whatever size pieces or bars you wish!!

Mmmmm...

Tips and notes

• Store in an airtight container at room temp or in the fridge for up to 1 week or freeze for up to 1 month

• For this recipe I like unsweetened puffed cereal such as Kashi's 7 grain whole grain puffs
• Almond butter can be found at natural food stores or near the peanut butter
• Turbinado sugar is a steam cleaned raw cane sugar