cliff bars

I've been on the hunt for a good granola/cliff bar recipe for a long time. they are always too sweet, crumbly, hard, you name it. Well, I think I found a keeper...


1 1/2 c puffed rice cereal
1 1/4 c oats
3 T ground flax seed
2/3 c dried fruit, chopped
1 T sesame seeds, toasted
1/2 c chopped nuts, toasted
1 T wheat germ
1/4 c brown rice syrup
1/4 c honey
1/2 c nut butter, I used peanut
1/2 t salt


boil the syrup and honey, remove from heat and add nut butter, stir in all the other ingredients. press into a wax paper lined (spray wax paper with pam) 8x8 pan, press down firmly and cool in pan. when cool cut into squares and wrap them in wax paper. yum.