Fruity Granola Bars<!-- --> <!-- -->Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup pitted Medjool dates
• ½ cup peanut butter (or almond butter or nut or seed butter of your choice)
• ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons apple juice
• ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2½ cups rolled oats (certified gluten-free if necessary)
• ¾ cup chopped dried fruit (cherries, apricots, raisins, blueberries, apples, peach, and/or mango)
• ½ cup chopped nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, and/or peanuts; see Variation)
• ½ cup sunflower (or pepitas/pumpkin seeds, or mixture of both)