My Favorite Granola Bars. .and chewy granola bars recipe that's delicious as-is or can be adapted based on your favorite dried fruits Jump to the Easy Homemade Granola Bars Recipe or read on to see how we make them. They tasted great, but fell apart. So, we sort of gave up and moved on.
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Ingredients of My Favorite Granola Bars
- Prepare of quick oats.
- It’s of crisp rice cereal.
- Prepare of ground flaxseed.
- Prepare of unsalted butter.
- It’s of honey.
- It’s of brown sugar.
- You need of salt.
- It’s of pepitas (also known as pumpkin seeds).
- Prepare of almonds, roughly chopped (could also used sliced).
- Prepare of craisins (or raisins or other dried fruit).
- It’s of shredded coconut (could also use coconut chips or a mix).
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My Favorite Granola Bars instructions
- Optional first step : lay out the oats on a baking tray and bake at 350°F for 10 or so minutes, until everything is toasted and golden. Keep a close eye on them though, as the oats can burn quickly. Toasting the oats beforehand just adds a nice flavor to the finished bars, but this step isn't necessary..
- Line a 8×8"or a 9×9" pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on the sides to easily lift the finished bars out and set aside..
- Toss the oats, rice cereal and ground flaxseed together in a large bowl. Set aside..
- In a medium saucepan, start heating your butter over medium heat. Once it begins to melt, whisk in the brown sugar, honey and pinch of salt. This will form a kind of sticky caramel sauce, which will be the glue that holds the bars together. Let this come to simmer, then remove from heat..
- Pour the sauce over the ingredients in the bowl and use a rubber spatula to mix it all in. Make sure everything is fully saturated. Then fold in the rest of the ingredients. If using chocolate chips as one of your ingredients, barely fold them in after everything else is fully mixed, that way they won't melt from the initial heat of the sauce..
- Pour this mix into the prepared baking pan and use either a spatula or another pan or your hands to press down on the granola mixture very firmly. Whatever you're using to press down the granola, spray it first with non-stick cooking spray. Its important to really pack it down hard or you'll end up with crumbly granola chunks instead of bars..
- Place the pan into the fridge for at least 2 hours. Then, remove the granola from the pan using the parchment paper. Use a large, sharp knife to cut it into bars (or squares)..
- That's it! For grab and go convenience, you can individually wrap these using parchment paper and string or you can wrap them in plastic wrap. Store them for up to 1 week. They're a bit hard and crunchy straight out of the fridge, so I'd recommend letting them sit out at room temperature for a few minutes before eating..
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