This recipe for Paleo Breakfast Bars is an amended version of a recipe I posted in 2009. I have rewritten this recipe for several reasons.
First, although a number of people swore by it, others commented that the bars came out crumbly for them. Second, although the original recipe was grain-free, it was not Paleo as it contained grapeseed oil and agave.
In any event, this simple gluten-free homemade breakfast bar recipe is a favorite in our house as it is easy to pack for a hike and delicious enough to serve as a healthy dessert. I also serve it to the boys as a Paleo after school snack –their friends love it and eat a whole dish at a time, however they refer to these as granola bars or power bars.
Paleo Breakfast Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- ½ cup pumpkin seeds
- ½ cup sunflower seeds
- ¼ cup blanched slivered almonds
- ¼ cup raisins
Instructions
- In a food processor combine almond flour and salt
- Pulse in coconut oil, honey, water and vanilla until combined
- Pulse in coconut, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, almond slivers and raisins until combined
- Press dough into an 8 x 8 inch baking dish, wetting your hands with water to pat dough down
- Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes
- Cool bars in pan for 2 hours, then serve
Last week I had the good fortune to pop into New York to do some pre-publicity for my new book, Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry. I met with several magazine editors and appeared on Fox News Live with the very engaging interviewer John Hunt, and I spoke extensively about the Paleo Diet. Here is the video.
Just a reminder, my book Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry will be published early this summer, on June 18th, 2013.
Here are some of other healthy snack recipes:
Shannon says
I made these bars and they did not turn out. They did not turn into bars. They were just as crumbly when I took them out of the oven as when I put them into the oven. Any suggestions as to what I did wrong or what may have happened.
Grant says
Delicious but still crumbly. I wasn’t able to pull them out of the pan as bars and am thinking I’ll turn the resulting heap of yumminess into granola.
tara says
i JUST made these and my kids are gobbling them up as we speak. they’re 4 & 6. i was pretty skeptical because of the amount of nuts since my 4 year old “doesn’t like nuts” (tough being a paleo kid). anyway, glad i took the chance!
thank you!
Christine says
I’ve tried a number of your recipes since I’ve discovered your website about a year ago. I’m not celiac but gluten intolerant and have found that I feel better when I don’t eat a lot of grains.
I would love to try these bars but my oldest daughter does not like coconut. What could I use instead to make sure there is enough ingredients?
Liz @ The Good Eatah says
Elana, you were so great during that interview (and explained paleo so well; some people make it so complicated)! Well done. These breakfast bars sound perfect for our family. Thanks for sharing.
Kelly says
[scream] You are soooo cute!!!
You are SO modest…you didn’t tell me you were just in NYC and on TV! Nice job!
Love the term “gluten-free Dark Ages” and I loved it how he said they tasted “naughty” ahahaha
Lindsey says
great interview. can’t wait for the cookbook in june!
Charmaine says
Hi Elana,
I love receiving your recipes and I try out most of them and some turn out well and others do not….. Until today, while reading someone else’s comment, I realised why most of the things that I made did not turn out like your photo’s of scrumptious food. I had no idea that your cup measurements are all different for different dry ingredients/wet things. Here in the UK a cup measurement is a standard cup 8oz or 225g. So everything I have tried to make from your ingredient list has been using the 8oz cup. Hence the disasters in some of my cakes/bread etc. I am sure that this is why there are so many people with the same problems and comments.
Would it be possible to write the ounces and fluid ounces or even grammes and millilitres, for each item that you use in your recipes, so International people can have the same success as you have in your baking as most countries can use ounces or grammes etc.
Thanks Elana :) I am really grateful for all the work you have put in helping others and creating this web site for the world to share.
Gemma says
Elana is already doing so much…I think asking her to convert all of her recipes for people in other countries is not right. Surely, there are websites that can assist you with this.
Sara says
Elana,
I’ve followed your blog for a few years and don’t know if I’ve ever commented. I just have to say that I watched your interview and you did such a great job. It must’ve been pretty unnerving to be on television but you handled it perfectly while keeping it light. I always have a hard time explaining the paleo lifestyle because people don’t believe that you can lose weight or that its healthy eating so much meat.
Anyway, you rock! You did terrific.
Sara
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com says
This is a breakfast bar that I’m sure we’d enjoy any time of the day!