It’s officially Fall Y’all!!!! 🙂  Which in my book means its time to pull out all the yummy fragrant spices, drink tons of holiday teas, and start playing Christmas music! I’ll admit it; by the end of September I have secretly already listened to a few Christmas tunes (Michael Buble White Christmas yesterday!) and I progressively start to play more and more as the season continues. By mid-October I am full on continuous Christmas.  I know…I have a complex…but hey, whats so bad about having a Christmas complex…there could be worse things.
Moving on…For me, the fall season marks the beginning of all things warm, cozy, and festive. They say that springtime is a new beginning, but I actually feel that way in the fall! Where I live in Las Vegas, the weather is PERFECTIONÂ this time of year. Â October and November are the best times to enjoy Las Vegas.
To be extra festive on the first day of fall, I made my Pumpkin Overnight Oats, and a brand new Cranberry No-Bake Granola bar! Â I say to make everyday a holiday and just celebrate LIVING!! Â I had my own one-person fall celebration this morning and I had a blast!
These bars are SO DELICOUS and SO EASY!!! I will be making these over and over again.  I always like to munch on granola bars when I want a little snack, but I can never find one at the store that isn’t 100% fat or full of weird protein powders.  Is it too much to ask for a nice, hearty, low fat, oil-free, healthy bar?!?! Luckily these are really easy, so I can whip these up in a second and have yummy bars on hand all the time!  🙂
Cheers to Fall and a beautiful holiday season to come!
No-Bake Autumn Granola Bars
INGREDIENTS
- 2 Cups Uncooked Old Fashioned Oats uncooked
- 1/4-1/2 Cup Organic Dried Cranberries
- 6 Figs top stem removed
- 9 Medjool Dates pitted
- 1/2 Cup Dried Mulberries
- 3/4 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/2 Teaspoon Dried Valencia Orange Peel optional, or 1/2 of an Orange Zest
DIRECTIONS
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Add all ingredients except Oats and Cranberries into Vitamix or food processor. Blend on medium/high until pretty smooth. (doesn’t have to be perfectly creamy…a little texture is ok)
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Empty blender ingredients into a mixing bowl and combine with the Oats and Cranberries.
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Get messy and combine it all with your hands!! ????
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Press mixture into a 9Ă—9 baking dish, cover, and set in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
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Remove from refrigerator and slice into bars.
5 comments
How delicious!! From one tea fan to another, I hope you enjoyed your cuppa 🙂
Thanks girl!
LOL cute! Necessitie!
Did you use dried or fresh figs?
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Hi Gabriela! All dried figs! Good Question!