My Story in Recipes
  • Recipe Index
  • Blog Posts
  • My Story
  • Connect

Nut Bars

3/2/2021

1 Comment

 
Picture
I do the majority of the grocery shopping for our family but on the rare occasion that my husband does happen to find himself in the supermarket - he finds the most unusual things.  😂 I go to the grocery store at least 3 times a week and I probably walk down the dairy aisle every time I go.  I can honestly say that I've never seen the "pancakes in a can" on the shelf just above the butter, until my eagle eye husband pointed them out to me on a grocery date.  (Yes, we go on grocery shopping dates.)  😅 

My forward thinking husband was so fascinated by the concept of squirting a pancake out of a can - there was no way we were leaving the supermarket without purchasing one. 🥞 As luck would have it, we were headed to meet my family that weekend so he decided to test our new squirtable pancakes out on the group.  Spoiler alert - pancakes in a can was a disappointment.  It's a novel idea but they didn't really live up to our expectations.  
Picture
To be honest, that wasn't the only time that we've been fooled by genius marketing. 
Anyone else jump on the frozen dinner bandwagon?   They're delicious but holy sodium batman!  😂

I've been fooled by recipes too.  There was a one pan chocolate cake that ended up all over the bottom of my oven because apparently, my 8" pan wasn't big enough.  And an "easy" apple pie that took no less than 3 hours to assemble.  🤣  
Picture
Picture
I have to admit that when I read this recipe, I had serious hesitation about making a nut bar with only 3 ingredients.  I didn't want to walk into another - too good to be true scenario but, in a moment of rare boldness, I decided to tackle this simple nut bar recipe anyway.   I had no idea if this was going to work but what did I have to lose?  Only 3 ingredients that I already had on hand - nuts, puffed rice and syrup. 🥜
​

​This nut bar took under 5 minutes to put together. Sound too good to be true - doesn't it?  Plot twist - it's not.  👏🏻 It's actually super EASY to make and it is DELICIOUS! 
Picture
Nut Bars
​1 1/2 cups roasted nuts (I used 1 cup almonds and 1/2 cup peanuts)
½ cup puffed millet cereal
¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
¼ cup pure maple syrup
Picture
Picture
Combine almonds, peanuts, millet and salt in a large bowl. 
Pour syrup over mixture and stir to combine. 
Picture
Picture
Pour into a square greased 8" pan and press firmly to tightly pack.
Bake 30-40 minutes at 325.
Picture
Let cool 1 hour.  Remove from pan using parchment paper.  Cut into bars. 
Picture
I've added honey, agave and brown rice syrup to granola bars but I've never baked them using maple syrup as the binder.  Who knew that maple syrup gets hard when you bake it?  🤷🏻‍♀️ 
​
There's a lot of room for interpretation in this recipe.  I chose almonds and peanuts for my bars and since my peanuts were salted, I didn't add any additional salt to the recipe. 

​Ciao!
Click here for a printable version of this recipe
1 Comment
mybkexperience link
4/2/2021 03:55:10 am

I found this on internet and it is really very nice.
An excellent blog.
Great work!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Like my page on facebook.

    Follow me on Instagram


    Follow Me on Pinterest

    Categories

    All
    30 Minute Meals
    30-minute-meals
    Big Green Egg Recipes
    Chocolate
    Christmas Classics
    Comfort Foods
    Crock Pot Meals
    Fall Favorites
    Healthy-choices
    Healthy-choices
    My Favorites
    Springtime Treats
    St Patrick's Day Goodies
    Summertime Specialties
    Thanksgiving Classics
    Valentine Treats
    Vegetarian
    Winter Warm Ups

    Archives

    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011

Photos from Free Public Domain Illustrations by rawpixel, Texas_Custom_Patios
  • Recipe Index
  • Blog Posts
  • My Story
  • Connect