{"id":5897,"date":"2019-10-07T16:32:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/?p=5897"},"modified":"2019-10-07T16:32:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:32:29","slug":"carrot-tahini-granola-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/?p=5897","title":{"rendered":"Carrot Tahini Granola Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Serves: 12 bars<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Eat More Plants<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups grated carrot (about 4 small carrots)<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd cups gluten-free rolled oat<\/li>\n<li>1 cup hemp seeds<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup raw pumpkin seeds<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup bittersweet dairy-free mini chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd teaspoons cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup mashed ripe banana (1 small banana)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup raw tahini<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons pure maple syrup<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons orange zest (from 1 large orange)<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the Oven to 350. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, combine the carrot, oats, hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds, chocolate chips, cinnamon, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, mix together the banana, tahini, maple syrup, orange zest and juice until well combined.<\/li>\n<li>Add the banana mixture to the carrot mixture and then mix them together with your hands. It is a bit messy (and fun!), but it is the best method for this type of dough.<\/li>\n<li>Press the dough onto the prepared baking sheet and spread evenly until about 1 inch thick; do not worry about pressing the dough to the edges of the pan.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 25 minutes, until the edges are firm and golden brown. The bars will still be soft in the middle. Place the baking sheet on a rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Then carefully transfer to a cutting board and cut into 12 bars or a size of your choice.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool fully to firm up, then store loosely covered with plastic wrap on the counter for up to 5 days. These bars also freeze well, tightly covered with plastic wrap, for up to 1 month.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serves: 12 bars Source: Eat More Plants Ingredients: 2 cups grated carrot (about 4 small carrots) 1 \u00bd cups gluten-free rolled oat 1 cup hemp seeds \u00bd cup raw pumpkin seeds 1\/3 cup bittersweet dairy-free mini chocolate chips 1 \u00bd teaspoons cinnamon \u00bc teaspoon salt 1\/3 cup mashed ripe banana (1 small banana) \u00bd cup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healthy-snacks","category-snacks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.darcyparks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}