
How To Make Low Fat Chewy Granola Bars with Pecans, Raisins and Chocolate Chips
This low-fat granola bars recipe is loaded with pecans and chocolatey goodness that is sure to bring decadence on your first bite!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupoat flour,or 1 cup oats finely ground in food processor or blender
- 1tspbaking powder
- ½tspbaking soda
- ½tspsalt
- ½tspground cinnamon
- 2tbspunsalted butter,room temperature
- ½cupbrown sugar,unpacked
- 1large egg
- ¼cuphoney
- ¼cupapple sauce,unsweetened
- ½tspvanilla extract
- 2cupsquick oats
- ½cupdark chocolate chips
- ½cupraisins
- ½cupchopped pecans
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Line a 9×9 baking pan with 2 long pieces of parchment paper, long enough to go up over the sides for easy removal.
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Lightly spray with oil.
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In a medium bowl, whisk together oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
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In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar using a mixer on medium speed.
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Add the egg followed by the honey, applesauce, and vanilla extract.
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Working by hand, stir in the flour mixture and the oats until just combined and no streaks of flour remain; stir in the chocolate chips, raisins, and nuts.
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Spoon oats onto prepared baking dish, flattening to make even.
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Bake for about 23-25 minutes, or until light brown at the edges. They will seem soft and undercooked, but once they cool they will set completely.
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Cool completely on a wire rack then refrigerate before cutting. This will help the granola bars hold together better.
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Use a long serrated bread knife and cut in a sawing motion.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 187.30kcal
- Fat:Â 7.92g
- Saturated Fat:Â 2.83g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 2.99g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 1.37g
- Carbohydrates:Â 27.17g
- Fiber:Â 2.57g
- Sugar:Â 13.51g
- Protein:Â 3.66g
- Cholesterol:Â 15.61mg
- Sodium:Â 114.67mg
- Calcium:Â 45.51mg
- Potassium:Â 165.39mg
- Iron:Â 1.73mg
- Vitamin A: 17.41µg
- Vitamin C:Â 0.98mg
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