Kashi Berry Cereal Bars Recipes

PROTEIN GRANOLA BARS WITH KASHI GOLEAN

Steps:

• Put first 3 ingredients (up to 1/8 cup water) into a large mixing bowl.
• Whisk in the next 8 ingredients (up to 1/4 teaspoon salt).
• Set aside or put into fridge.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Put the next 5 ingredients (oats, pepitas, almonds, soy nuts, wheat germ) on a cookie sheet and toast in oven for 10 minutes, stir after 5 minutes.
• Mix toasted ingredients, chopped fruit, GoLean cereal, and the mixture in the fridge thoroughly (easiest to do with your hands).
• Grease either a cookie sheet or muffin pan with calorie-free cooking spray.
• Either hand-form mixture into 15 well compressed equal sized cakes and put onto the cookie sheet, or compress into 12 to 16 muffin tins.
• Reduce heat to 300 degrees.
• Cook for 25 minutes.
• Let cool and individually wrap for fridge or freezer.

KASHI GOLEAN GRANOLA/SNACK BARS (NO BAKE)

Steps:

• Line a 9 x 13 inch sheet pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
• Mix oats, cereal, craisins, raisins and almonds in a large bowl. Set aside.
• In a saucepan, mix honey and brown sugar. Bring to a boil while stirring. Add peanut butter and vanilla. Stir just to blend well.
• Pour over cereal and fruit mixture. Stir and mix well. Press mixture FIRMLY onto pan. (You get to burn the calories before you eat them!) Let cool and cut into bars. Store in air-tight container. Freezes well, if securely wrapped.

KASHI BERRY CEREAL BARS

Steps:

• 1. Foil line and grease a 9 x 13" pan
• 2. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl together.
• 3. Press mixture into the greased foil lined pan
• 4. Bake in 325° oven for 20 -25 min. Peel off
• 5. Remove from oven. Cool five minutes. Cut into 24 bars. Let bars continue to cool. Peel off foil from bars.
• 6. Remove bars from pan. I like to keep them in individual baggies for snacking.