Homemade Nutrigrain Bars

I love Nutri-grain bars but I hate how fast I go through them and all the junk ingredients in them. My daughter loves them and they are good as part of her breakfast or a snack. So I made my own with whole and REAL ingredients.

Homemade "Nutri-grain'' bars

1 c. ground almonds
1 c. ground oats
1 cup white whole wheat flour (i used whole wheat pastry flour)
1 egg
1 t. vanilla extract
1/4 c. + 2 T unsweetened applesauce
1/4 c. maple syrup
1/2 c. coconut oil (you can use a light, fruity oil instead)
2 t. salt

Filling:
low sugar/no sugar favorite jam
                     or
take 12-24 dates, puree them into a paste.
(what i did was use both the dates and an all natural strawberry jam, the consistency was perfect)


First you want to make the dough. Mix the dry ingredients together, make sure there is no lumps. Mix the wet ingredients until well blended and then pour that into the dry ingredients and mix. The dough will be a bit sticky. Make the dough into a ball and wrap in saran wrap and put it in the fridge for 45 minutes or overnight. In the meantime make the filling.
Preheat the oven to 350*. Split the dough ball in half and roll both sides out to about 1/8-1/4 inch thick.
put filling on top of one side and then flip the other rolled half on top, carefully. Push down the edges so the filling doesn't pop out in the oven. Bake for 13-15 minutes. Let cool before cutting. You can store this in a ziplock bag and keep it in the fridge for about two weeks or you can freeze them. This batch makes about 12 bars, depending on how big you cut them.