Cooking Thursday

Here's a recipe I made last week for homemade granola bars.  They are made with ingredients that aren't processed so are much healthier than the packaged granola bars.  And they are really good!  Bob tends to be a little fussy and is suspicious of "healthy" foods, but he pronounced these "very good"!  On top of that, they are so easy to throw together.  Give them a try, I'm sure you will like them too.

Granola Bars

1 cup natural peanut butter
2/3 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 1/2 cups whole rolled oats
1/3 cup mini chocolate chips, or chopped dark chocolate
3 tablespoons sunflower seed kernels

Line 8x8 pan with parchment paper.
In large bowl, stir together peanut butter, honey, vanilla and sea salt until smooth.
Stir in rolled oats, chocolate and sunflower kernels.
Stir until combined and press into pan. Use another piece of parchment paper to press mix and flatten into pan.
Chill for at least one hour, then cut into bars.
Store bars in frig. Bars also freeze well.