peanut butter breakfast bars recipe

I futzed this together from a recipe I found online, which I'm not linking to because 'vegan & gluten-free is healthier FOR EVERYONE ALWAYS' annoys the crap outa me. That said, it's pretty easy to make this vegan & gluten-free again if that's what your body/ethics want.

It's really useful for me to have easy-to-eat food around, Because Food Is Hard. I keep these by the bed, because eating just a bit a couple times a night keeps my blood sugar from tanking by morning.

preheat oven to 350F

whisk together dry ingredients in a largish bowl:

• 3/4 c nuts/seeds/hemp hearts (I've been using sunflower seeds cos they're cheap, but whatever you like/have around)
• 1/2 c powdered milk (the original recipe used coconut flakes)
• 1/4 c whole wheat flour (the original recipe used oat flour)
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2/3 c chocolate chips

whisk together wet ingredients in smaller bowl (heat a bit if necessary to get it mixed)

• 3 tbsp canola oil
• 3/8 c peanut butter
• 1/4 c honey (I think the original used coconut sugar?)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs

whisk the wet stuff into the dry stuff until it's just mixed

line an 8x8 square baking pan with parchment paper or greased aluminum foil

pour in the stuff, you might need to smush it around some with a rubber scraper

bake 20-30 minutes, until the top is golden-brown

pull out the pan & let sit on a cooling rack for an hour or so, or until it's more-or-less cooled

turn out (or pull out by the foil, is what I do) & cut into 16 pieces

the original recipe says to keep it in the fridge & I guess if you're gonna be keeping it around a while, sure, but so far I've always eaten a batch in about a week & it's lasted that long Just Fine.

(please let me know if anything in this doesn't make sense, I tend to shortcut recipes because I know what I mean)

A bit of progress

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Tent sewing continues. And continues. And continues.

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