homemade breakfast bars

Breakfast Bars

Inspired by Katie Lee Joel for CBS Ingredients
1 cup almond or peanut butter
3/4 cup dark agave nectar or honey
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1 cup toasted slivered almonds
1/4 to 1/2 cup raisins or other dried fruit
Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 inch square pan with canola cooking spray.
2. Combine almond butter, agave in a heavy bottomed sauce pan over medium-high flamed. Whisk until melted — three to five minutes.
3. Stir in vanilla and cinnamon.
4. Add in oat, almonds and raisins.
5. Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool completely and cut into nine equal squares.