Darn Good 4 You Granola Bars-(with A Secret Ingredient!!)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups pureed lentils
• 1 cup all-bran cereal
• 3/4 cup raisins or 3/4 cup dried fruit
• 3/4 cup chopped peanuts or 3/4 cup other nuts or 3/4 cup seeds
• 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 lentil puree- puree cooked green lentils with enough water in blender to make the consistency of apple sauce. freeze extra for future recipes.
• 2 preheat that oven to 350.
• 3 mix lentil puree and all bran in one bowl, let sit for a couple of minutes- then add the eggs, peanut butter and vanilla.
• 4 in another mixing bowl combine: rolled oats, nuts and fruit, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar.
• 5 add lentil mixture. mix until dry ingredients are moistened.press into 10x15 inch cookie sheet which has been lightly greased.
• 6 place oven rack in center of oven; bake 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 7 cut while still warm into 2 inch squares.
• 8 variation- can do with peanut butter or with honey if subbing honey for brown sugar- mix some in during mixing bowl stage, but also swirl some into already pressed in pan stuff- so when you eat it you may get a really nice surprise!