Snack

Peanut Butter Hiking Bars is for Snack.

Peanut Butter Hiking Bars takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Peanut Butter Hiking Bars takes 25 minutes to cook.

Peanut Butter Hiking Bars makes 15 servings.

The ingredients for Peanut Butter Hiking Bars are:

1 cup water
10-12 pitted dates
1 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1 cup pecans
2/3 all-natural peanut butter
5 tablespoons ground flaxseed
1/2 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons honey
3/4 cup dark chocolate chips (optional, but highly recommended)

Here is how you make Peanut Butter Hiking Bars:

Bring the cup of water to a boil, add the dates. Set aside. 
Preheat the oven to 350? F. In a food processor, pulse oats until ground into a coarse meal. Pour oats into a large mixing bowl. Put pecans in the food processor and pulse until they resemble coarse a meal. Add nuts to ground oats.
 Add dates and water to the food processor along with the peanut butter. Pulse until nice and smooth. Add date mixture to the mixing bowl along with the ground flaxseed, salt, and honey. Mix well. Line an 8-inch square baking dish with parchment paper and pour batter in. It should be very thick and sticky. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top, if using. Bake until edges are golden, about 25 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting into bars. Makes 15 bars. Bars last longest in an airtight container in the refrigerator.Serving Size: 15 barsNumber of Servings: 15Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JACLYNR222.

The nutritional information for Peanut Butter Hiking Bars is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 15
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 233.1

• Total Fat: 14.3 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 125.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 23.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.6 g
• Protein: 4.7 g

The dietary needs meet for Peanut Butter Hiking Bars is Gluten Free