Rice Breakfast Bars

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 0.5 cups water
• 0.25 cups uncooked brown rice
• 0.33 cups peanut butter
• 0.33 cups unsweetened applesauce
• 0.25 cups honey
• 1 egg
• 1 cup garbanzo bean flour
• 0.5 cups rolled oats
• 0.5 cups dried currants
• 0.25 cups sweetened flaked coconut , chopped
• 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
• 2 tablespoons chia seeds
• 0.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat an 8-inch pie pan with cooking spray.

2. 2

   Bring water and brown rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 45 to 50 minutes.

3. 3

   Stir peanut butter, applesauce, honey, and egg together in a bowl; add rice, garbanzo bean flour, oats, currants, coconut, sunflower seeds, chia seeds, baking powder, and ground cinnamon and stir until combined. Spread dough evenly in prepared pie pan.

4. 4

   Bake in preheated oven until edges are golden brown, about 20 minutes.