How To Make Dark Chocolate Apricot Granola Bars
Sweet and juicy apricots with a slightly tart flavor taste really awesome with dark chocolate in these addicting granola bars.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½cuploosely packed light sugar,or dark brown
- 2tbspsolid coconut oil,or cold butter, cut into cubes
- ¾cupwhite whole wheat flour,spoon & leveled
- 1½cupsold-fashioned rolled oats
- ½cupDark Chocolate Raisinets,or Milk Chocolate Raisinets, or dark chocolate chips
- ½cupdried apricots,chopped
- 1tspground cinnamon
- 2largeegg whites,lightly beaten
- ¼cupunsweetened applesauce
- 1tsppure vanilla extract
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Lightly spray a 8 by 8 baking pan with cookie spray. Set aside.
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Combine brown sugar and coconut oil in a medium bowl until crumbly and well mixed.
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Place in the refrigerator while you prepare the dry ingredients.
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In another medium bowl, mix together, flour, oats, raisinets, apricots, and cinnamon.
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Remove the sugar/oil mixture form the refrigerator and mix in with the dry ingredients.
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Add egg whites, applesauce, and vanilla. Lightly stir to combine. Do NOT overmix.
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Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes until sides are barely browning.
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Cool completely before cutting into squares.
Nutrition
- Calories: 112.62kcal
- Fat: 2.88g
- Saturated Fat: 1.90g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.27g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.27g
- Carbohydrates: 20.62g
- Fiber: 1.79g
- Sugar: 10.66g
- Protein: 2.50g
- Cholesterol: 0.32mg
- Sodium: 8.72mg
- Calcium: 12.28mg
- Potassium: 105.23mg
- Iron: 0.72mg
- Vitamin A: 7.38µg
- Vitamin C: 0.90mg
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