Energy bar

Especially for Brooke:

I wanted to make a homemade energy bar. But the recipes I found didn't include all the ingredients I want to throw in! The Costco Sunrise Energy Bars are really super, but no one seems to have a copy cat version yet.

So I combined and modified (heavily) a recipe for energy bars with another for granola. This is still a little crumbly, so if you have suggestions please fire away.

Ingredients

3 1/2 c oats
1 1/2 c mixed seeds/nuts; I used 1/4 c each of
            walnut,
            almond,
            cashews (nuts chopped or slivered),
            sunflower,
            pumpkin;
           and 1 T each of flax seed and sesame seed
3/4 c. mixed dried fruit; I used 1/4 c each of
           blueberry,
           craisins,
           apple
1 T cinnamon

1 1/2 c peanut butter
2/3 c agave
1/4 c canola oil
Optional: chocolate chips

Mix dry ingredients together. Add peanut butter, agave, and oil.

Press firmly into 13x9 pan lined with parchment
Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
Top with chocolate chips, bake another minute to soften the chips.
Spread chips.
Cool or freeze to solidify, then cut into 24 bars.
The bars may seem small compared to the length of a sunrise bar, but they are thick and VERY filling.