Vegan Granola Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup almonds, roughly chopped
3/4 cup cashew nuts, roughly chopped
1 cup almond butter
1 cup soy butter spread
2/3 cup coconut milk
2 tbsp agave syrup
4 tbsp golden syrup (or substitute 1 tbsp light molasses + 3 tbsp corn syrup)
2 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/3 cup dried cranberries, roughly chopped
1/3 cup dried apricots, roughly chopped

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 325\u00b0F. Line a 9 inch square springform pan with parchment. Heat a dry pan over medium heat and saute almonds and cashews until golden brown. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
In a saucepan, heat the almond butter, soy butter spread, coconut milk, agave syrup, golden syrup and a pinch of sea salt. Stir in the oats, almonds, cashews, cranberries and apricots. Spread mixture into prepared springform pan and bake for 25 mins. Allow to cool, then chill.
Cut into 12 bars, turn out of the pan and remove the baking paper. Store in the fridge.