Tracy’s Delights
These no-bake, healthy, and crunchy cookie bars by Tracy Hill, from her cookbook Delightfully Free, are the perfect not-too-sweet treat. Rich with chocolate and sunflower seed butter, they are free from gluten, eggs, corn and refined sugars as well.
Ingredients
- 1 cup coarsely chopped toasted almonds
- 2 cups 100% crispy brown rice divided
- ¾ cup agave nectar
- 1½ teaspoons liquid stevia
- ¼ teaspoon + ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup sunflower seed butter
- 6 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons Enjoy Life Crunchy Flax Cereal or additional crispy rice
Instructions
- Spray an 8x8 inch pan generously with gluten-free grapeseed oil.
- Pour almonds evenly into the bottom. Sprinkle only ½ cup of the rice cereal over the top. Set aside the remaining 1½ cups of rice and flax cereal in a bowl.
- Measure out agave nectar. Stir into it the stevia and salt. Measure sunflower seed butter and set aside.
- In a double boiler or a 2 quart saucepan over a smaller pan of simmering water, melt chocolate. Remove from heat and stir in sunflower seed butter. Next, mix in rice-cereal mixture until well coated. Add agave-stevia-salt, stir well and spoon into pan. Spread to the edges and press down gently. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours. Cut into 1½ inch squares and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 197kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 5gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 27mgPotassium: 159mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 4IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 41mgIron: 2mg
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