Bars

My kids have a slight obsession with granola bar type bars- Clif, Luna, Trader Joe's- they love them all. Although they are a fairly healthy snack for them, I have always felt that I could probably make something just as nutritious, and probably cheaper. A few months ago I found a granola bar recipe that sounded promising but for some reason I just never got around to making. Then I realized that I have not cooked with the kids in a very long time, so we got to work. 

We mixed in flax seed meal, coconut, chopped up figs, peanut butter, honey, molasses, mixed oat cereal from Trader Joe's, chocolate chips, walnuts and almonds. The resulting bar was sure tasty (and we had a great time making them), but more a granola to put on top of yogurt than a bar. I remember a recipe from Good Eats that had a power bar type recipe. I think that may be next.