Healthy Granola Bar

adapted from another granola bar recipe, #317160, to fit my alterations

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 9
• Yields: 9 bars

Ingredients

• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3⁄4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1⁄4 cup  milled flax seed
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 1  tablespoon molasses
• 3⁄4 cup  corn flakes, like honey oat crunch
• 3⁄4 cup  hemp granola cereal or 3⁄4 cup  other granola cereal
• 1 1⁄4 cups old fashioned oats
• 3⁄4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1⁄4 cup wheat germ
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 cup unsweetened dried shredded coconut
• 1⁄4 cup  millet
• 1⁄4 cup  golden flax seed
• 1⁄3 cup  peanut butter chips or 1⁄3 cup chocolate chips or 1⁄2 cup  dried berries
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped pecans or 1⁄2  other  nuts
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. preheat oven to 325 degrees farenheit.
2. mix vanilla extract, applesauce, milled flax seeds, honey, and molasses in a bowl.
3. in another larger bowl, mix rest of the ingredients.
4. add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. all dry ingredients should clump together.
5. lightly grease a 9x13 inch pan.
6. pat batter into pan.
7. bake for 20 minutes.
8. remove from oven and allow to cool 10 minutes.
9. cut and then allow to cool completely in pan before removing.