Crunchy, full of flavour and chock full of goodness these Cranberry Almond Snack Bars are the perfect healthy snack!
I am officially "that person" who takes their own food on the plane. Gah! Am I 90 years old? No. Do I have 5 children in tow? No. Do I care? Nope! Because I had cranberry almond snack bars to keep me satisfied on the whole. 13. and a half. hour flight. Phew. Side note <--- look how optimistic I was...I 100% ran out of time to make these before we left...other things took priority, you know...packing my bag 2 hours before we left...
Buuuut on the plus side, we're on our honeymoon!! Wheeeeeee!!!
I'm going to keep it brief because as I write this we are 5 days away from going on our trip and I'm currently in the middle of writing out alllll the posts so that even though I'm away, you guys won't know it! I've got all sorts of goodies lined up for you to add a little sunshine to the winter cold...think of me, in 30 degrees+ weather, and don't be too jealous!
Anyway, snack bars. I'm a huge big fan of healthy snacks to take on the go. I'm definitely a grazer so I figure if I'm going to spend most of the day eating, I'd better be putting at least one healthy option in there.
These snack bars are full of all the good things - almonds, cashews, dried cranberries & sunflower seeds. They're held together with honey, peanut butter & a bit of flour and the best part is, they take less than 30 minutes to prepare!
Use the food processor to roughly chop the nuts (if you don't have a food processor you can do this by hand) add all the other ingredients and press really hard into a square or rectangle baking tin. Bake the bars for 12 minutes and refrigerate them before slicing.
Crunchy, full of flavour and chock full of goodness. They're the perfect snack for school lunches, work day snacks or to take on a trip! Just wrap them in gladwrap or put a few in a snaplock bag and you're good to go!
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Cranberry Almond Snack Bars
Ingredients
- ¼ cup honey
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon (20g) flour
- 2 tablespoon peanut butter (or other nut butter)
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 200 grams (about 1 ¼ cups) almonds and cashews
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
- ¼ cup sunflower seeds
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F and line a 20cm x 20cm (8" x 8") square baking tin with baking paper.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl combine honey, vanilla, flour, peanut butter and salt.
- Using a food processor roughly chop the almonds and cashews. This can also be done by hand.
- Add the chopped nuts, cranberries and sunflower seeds to the honey mixture and combine using a wooden spoon.
- Tip into the prepared baking tin and using your hands or the back of a spoon press the mixture down very firmly.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes until starting to go golden. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin before putting in the fridge. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until completely cool before carefully removing from the tin and slicing into bars.
- Store at room temperature in an airtight container for 1 week, or in the fridge for 10 days.
Gaye says
Fab-fab-fabulous! I have been buying nut bars for a while but wanted to try homemade & your recipe was exactly the kind of mix I was looking for. These are so quick & easy to make! I used my own homemade peanut butter (because that's the only type I like) and also used wholemeal flour. Forgot the salt but I don't think it matters. Also for the 1/4 cup of sunflower seeds, I did half sunflower seeds and half pepita seeds, which is a nice mix. I found the amount of mixture was just enough to cover the 8" square baking tin, and next time I make it I think I'll increase the quantities by about 25% to make it a bit chunkier. Many thanks for this lovely recipe!
Mary Love says
I tried making these today...not very successfully. What size baking tray did you use? And is it Plain flour? Thanks
Laura says
Hi Mary. I'm so sorry these didn't work out for you. What went wrong? I use plain flour and a 9" square baking tin...thanks for picking that up, I usually put the tin size in the recipe. Let me know if I can help any further. Laura
Mary says
Thanks Laura,
I used a too big tin! So the slice was very thin. It tasted ok just broke up. I'll remake using the right size. Thanks
Laura says
Hi Mary. I'm so glad that's all it was...hopefully it works out when you make it in a smaller tin. Sorry for not putting the tin size in originally...I've added it in now. Happy baking! ????
Dee Phillips says
Hi Laura, just made these bars. I doubled the recipe, used the right sized tin but got 12 very thin bars out of it. I would have to quadruple ingredients to get decent sized bars. It tastes good though.
Kim @ZonktDesigns says
YUMMO!
My hubby is always asking me to make a snack for him mid morning when at work. This looks like a perfect one!
Thanks for linking up to Your Weekly Feed xx
Laura says
YAY! These are actually my favourite snack food right now and Josh loves them too which is a bonus!!
Vicki @ Boiled Eggs & Soldiers says
Happy honeymoon! If I'm organised enough I take food - I do for the kids but on long haul flights it's a must isn't it. I hope you are having a lovely time, these bars look amazing!
Laura says
Thanks Vicki, we're having a fab time!
Nancy | Plus Ate Six says
OMG - I take my own food on planes too! Too funny. I make my own sandwiches and grab a piece of fruit and take a bag of nuts. I always get funny looks - or maybe jealous looks? - but I don't care. I'm printing this recipe to make before I go next time. Happy honeymoon!!
Laura says
Thanks Nancy! And yay for taking food places!!!! It would be jealous looks for sure...I can't leave the house without taking snacks and these are my favourite so far.