Name: Vanilla Almond Snack Bars Recipe
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: ⅓ cup honey; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; ¼ cup almond meal; ⅛ tsp salt; 1 tbsp almond butter; 1⅓ cups whole almonds; 5 Medjool dates; ¾ cup salted sunflower seeds

How To Make Vanilla Almond Snack Bars

Packed with sunflower seeds, almonds, and Medjool dates, these chewy almond snack bars are flavored with honey and vanilla extract for healthy baked snacks.

Preparation: 1 hour 10 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Chill Time: 1 hour

Total: 2 hours 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

⅓cuphoney,or brown rice syrup
1tsppure vanilla extract
¼cupalmond meal
⅛tspsalt
1tbspalmond butter
1⅓cupswhole almonds,roughly chopped
5Medjool dates,coarsely chopped
¾cupsalted sunflower seeds

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line an 8 or 9-inch square baking pan with parchment paper with enough overhang on the sides to easily remove the bars from the pan. Set aside.
Using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, mix the honey, vanilla, almond meal, salt, and almond butter together until combined. Fold in the almonds, chopped dates, and sunflower seeds until combined.
Transfer mixture to prepared baking pan and press very firmly into an even layer.
Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely in the pan set on a wire rack for 1 hour, then transfer to the refrigerator to chill for 1 more hour. This helps firm up the bars which make them stay compact.
Remove bars from the pan using the overhang on the sides and cut into bars.
Serve and enjoy.