Healthy Homemade Granola Bars

Healthy Homemade Granola Bars

Ingredients:
cereals, oats, regular and quick, unenriched, cooked with water (includes boiling and microwaving), without salt
oats
apricots, dried, sulfured, uncooked
nuts, walnuts, english
shortening confectionery, coconut (hydrogenated) and or palm kernel (hydrogenated)
honey
peanut butter, smooth style, without salt
seeds, flaxseed
water, bottled, generic
carob flour

Directions:
Mix cereal, oats, fruit, nuts, and coconut in a large bowl.
Heat honey over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until bubbly.
Stir in peanut butter and flax meal mixture.
Heat, stirring, until well-mixed and melty.
Add more water if necessary.
Consistency should be liquidy.
Pour wet mixture into dry ingredients and quickly stir to mix with a rubber spatula.
When well-incorporated and slightly cooled, add carob.
Press into a 13 x 9 inch pan.
Press hard.
Refrigerate a few hours or overnight.
Cut into bars.