Chai Spiced Granola Bars
 
Adapted from The Cancer Fighting Kitchen
Ingredients
  • 1 cup lightly toasted pecans
  • 1 cup lightly toasted almonds
  • 2 tbsp. spelt flour(I use organic)
  • 2 tbsp. all purpose flour(I use organic)
  • 2 tbsp. ground flaxseeds
  • ¼ tsp. sea salt
  • ⅛ tsp. baking powder
  • ⅛ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ cup old-fashion rolled oats
  • 1 cup pitted Madjool dates
  • ⅓ cup un-sulfured dried apricots diced
  • ⅓ cup organic raisins
  • ⅓ cup dried cranberries(sweetened with juice)
  • 1 organic egg
  • 5 tbsp. maple syrup
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp. chai spices(ground ginger, cinnamon, clove, black pepper, and cardamom). Or 1 Tbsp. Dipti's Chai Masala
Instructions
  1. Prep the day before:
  2. Pre-heat oven to 350. Spread the pecans and almonds on a cookie sheet and lightly toast for 8 minutes on the middle rack. Let cool and store in air tight container.
  3. Cut the apricots into small pieces and store in airtight container.
  4. Make the Chai Masala(spice). Combine the ground ginger, cinnamon, clove,black pepper, and cardamom. Or use Dipti's Chai Masala. Click on Shop for product information.
  5. Make the Bars:
  6. Preheat the oven to 350 and line a 8 inch square pan with parchment paper. In a food processor add the spelt flour, all purpose flour, ground flaxseed, salt, baking soda,baking powder and pulse 6 times.
  7. Add the dates and oats and process for 10 seconds. Add the pecans and almonds and pulse 9 times. Add the raisins, cranberries and apricots and pulse 9 times.
  8. In a large bowl whisk the maple syrup, chai spices, egg and vanilla extract until blended. Add the mixture from the food processor to the maple syrup bowl and mix until all the ingredients are well coated.
  9. Spread the mixture in the pan and bake for 18-20 minutes. I used the convection setting. The bars should be golden brown. Let the bars cool for 15 minutes and cut into 10 bars. Leave the bars in pan until completely cooled.
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