Fruit and Nut Granola Bars

For this use what you have in terms of nuts and dried fruit; there happened to be a lot in the cupboard so it was a good time to make a hearty breakfast bar.

Ingredients 

1/3 Cup white flour

1/8 tsp baking soda

1/8 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/3 Cup honey

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1-2 Cups chopped nuts  (pecans, walnuts and/or almonds) and ground flax and chia seeds

3 Cups of variety of chopped dried fruit

(apricots, dried cherries, prunes, cranberries, blueberries, figs and/or dates)

Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F .
Prepare all the nuts by chopping and the fruit. You do not need to chop the dried berries.  Remove the pits if you are using dates and cut them in quarters.


In a large bowl, add all the dry ingredients together and mix add nuts.  Whisk in a separate small bowl, the egg and vanilla.

Add fruit mixture to large bowl and egg mixture.

Mix it all up and press into greased (with butter or sprayed with oil) 8 by 8 pan and press down till even looking.

Place on middle rack in oven and bake for 30 -45 minutes till done.