Oatmeal Energy Bars

Ingredients

• 1.33 cups rolled oats
• 0.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cups vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 0.5 cups ground unsalted cashews
• 2 tablespoons shelled unsalted sunflower seeds
• 1 tablespoon ground flax meal
• 1 tablespoon wheat germ
• 0.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.25 teaspoons sea salt
• 0.5 cups honey , warmed
• 0.33 cups almond butter
• 0.5 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x11-inch baking dish with aluminum foil.

2. 2

   Whisk oats, flour, chocolate chips, ground cashews, sunflower seeds, flax meal, wheat germ, cinnamon, and sea salt together in a large shallow bowl.

3. 3

   Stir warmed honey, almond butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until well-mixed. Pour honey mixture into oat mixture; stir until batter is well-combined. Turn batter out into prepared baking dish. Lay a sheet of waxed paper over batter and press firmly to evenly distribute in the baking dish. Remove and discard waxed paper.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until golden and fragrant, about 12 minutes. Pull aluminum foil from baking dish and cool bars in the aluminum foil for 10 minutes; remove and discard aluminum foil. Cut into bars.