Crunchy Flax Cereal Bars

I found this recipe on Recipezaar and with a few gluten-free tweaks, made a yummy new breakfast bar!

1 1/4 cups honey (I used 1 cup Agave Nectar but might reduce next time to 3/4 cup)

1 cup Peanut Butter (I used Natural Jif and added 1/4 cup whole flax seeds to it… this is really good as a crunchy peanut butter! Try it with Sunbutter too)

4 cups Grape Nuts (I used Perky’s Crunchy Flax cereal by Enjoy Life Foods)

1 cup Quick Oatmeal (I used GF oats.*If you are newly diagnosed with celiac disease, please click here to read more on oats from one of my previous posts)

1 cup Dried Cranberries (I omitted these because I love them by themselves, just not in my cereal or granola bars)

• Line a 9″ x 13″ baking pan with parchment paper

• In a large saucepan, combine honey (or agave nectar) and peanut butter over medium heat.

• Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.

• Remove from heat and add the remaining ingredients, mixing well and spread into prepared pan.

• Use a piece of parchment paper to press into pan and flatten out (Be careful, the mixture is VERY hot!).

• Put in refrigerator for about 30 minutes until cool and cut into bars.

• I wrapped each of mine in wax paper which makes them a great grab-and-go breakfast!
  

I got this idea from a jar of Trader Joe's Crunchy Flax Peanut Butter. Natural peanut butter drives me nuts with the messy oil, etc., so I made my own version! 😀

Great peanut butter flavor!

ready to-go!