Chocolate Chip & Nut Granola Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups large flake oats
• 1 cup chopped almonds
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup pumpkin seeds
• 2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or 2/3 cup dark chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup flax seed (dark)
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon (i use more)
• 1 (300 ml) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 chop your almonds and walnuts by hand or pulse in a food processor.
• 3 put all dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
• 4 sprinkle the cinnamon on top.
• 5 pour the olive and oil and can of sweetened condensed milk on top of the dry ingredients.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 line a large rectangular baking sheet (needs to have a lip around it) with parchment paper.
• 8 pour the mixture into the pan and press down with a spatula into one even layer (mixture will stick to spatula a bit, i just wipe that off and throw it on top when i'm done).
• 9 bake on middle rack in oven for 25-30 minutes depending on the desired consistency.
• 10 let cool completely before removing them (in the parchment paper) for cutting or they will fall apart! (you can sneak one corner off because they will smell so good.).