HIGH-PROTEIN LOW-FAT GRANOLA BARS

High-Protein Low-Fat Granola Bars image

Great homemade soft granola bars. I also make these with mashed banana instead of the applesauce and apple and peanuts instead of almonds.

Provided by Diana Cann

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Snacks Granola Bar Recipes

Time 32m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 13

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Ingredients

cooking spray
1 cup drained canned chickpeas
2 egg whites
1 small apple, grated
1 ½ cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1 cup puffed wheat cereal
½ cup applesauce
½ cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
¼ cup honey
¼ cup almond butter
¼ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
¼ cup chopped almonds
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a mini muffin tin with cooking spray.
Combine chickpeas and egg whites in a food processor; blend until well mixed.
Pour chickpea mixture into a bowl. Add apple, oats, puffed wheat, applesauce, chocolate chips, honey, almond butter, cranberries, almonds, and cinnamon; stir until batter is evenly mixed.
Drop tablespoonfuls of batter into the prepared muffin tin; press down to flatten.
Bake in the preheated oven until sides are golden, about 12 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 192.1 calories, Carbohydrate 28.8 g, Fat 7.7 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 4.9 g, SaturatedFat 1.8 g, Sodium 94.5 mg, Sugar 14.2 g