Peanut Butter Coconut Bars

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups rice krispies
2 cups oats
1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1 Tbs honey
2/3 cup natural creamy peanut butter
1 Tbs vanilla

Steps

1. Combine cereal, oats, and coconut in large bowl.
2. In a sauce pan, combine brown sugar, water, and honey with a whisk. Cook on medium heat until just boiling. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth.
3. Pour wet ingredients over dry and mix thoroughly.
4. Pour into a greased 9x13 pan and flatten with back of spoon. Allow to cool and cut into squares.

Nutritional Info (1/20th of pan):
Calories: 127
Fat: 5.6 g
Saturated Fat: 1.8 g
Sodium: 59.7 mg
Carbs: 17 g
Fiber: 1.5 g
Sugar: 7.9 g
Protein: 3g

Oat and Honey Muffins

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups oats
1 cup flour
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 egg
2/3 cup + 1 Tbs milk
1/3 cup pumpkin (or applesauce)
1/4 cup honey

Directions:
Mix oats, flour, brown sugar, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon in large bowl.  In separate bowl, mix egg, milk, pumpkin, and honey.  Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and mix just until moistened.  (Let sit for a few minutes if you want bigger muffin tops.)  Makes 12 muffins (We just already ate half before I got the picture!).  Bake at 400 degrees for 15-18 minutes. (My perfect bake time is about 16 minutes using paper baking cups.)  Let sit 5 minutes in pan on cooling rack before removing muffins from pan.

Nutritional Info (with pumpkin, 1% milk, and large egg):
Calories: 126
Total Fat: 1.2 g
Saturated Fat: 0.2 g
Cholesterol: 18.5 mg
Sodium: 222 mg
Potassium: 78.4 mg
Carbs: 28.6 g
Fiber: 0.3 g
Sugars: 10.4 g
Protein: 3.4 g

Only 5.3 g of sugar are from the brown sugar.  The rest is from the honey and pumpkin which is all natural so dig in!