This was the easiest way to get this recipe out there. I can't take credit for the recipe. A friend from Minnesota gave it to me.
Homemade Granola Bars
2 cups rolled oats
¾ cup packed brown sugar (or just ½)
½ cup wheat germ (I used ¼ cup flour and ¼ cup oats)
¾ tsp cinnamon
1 cup all-purpose flour
¾ cup raisins or chocolate chips
¾ tsp salt
½ cup honey
1 egg, beaten
½ cup vegetable oil or butter
2 tsp vanilla
1.
preheat oven to 350. Generously grease a 9x13
pan. (I used a 9x9 because I wanted them to be thicker. You can use a 9x13 when you double the
recipe. )
2.
in a large bowl mix together the oats, brown
sugar, wheat germ, cinnamon, flour, raisins, and salt. Make a well in the center and pour in
honey, egg, oil, and vanilla. Mix
well using hands. Pat mixture evenly into prepared pan.
3.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes for crunchy, 15-18
minutes for chewy, until bars begin to turn golden at edge. Cool for 5 minutes and then cut into
bars while still warm. If allowed
to cool they will be too hard to cut.
Recipe tips:
I alter this recipe to make many variations. Feel free to play around to find a
combination you like. You can add
peanut butter, chocolate chips or both, dried apples, craisins and white
chocolate chips. I do suggest
omitting cinnamon with some combinations.
Rebecca Walton:
I added about a ¼ cup peanut butter and some chocolate chips
and it was really good. Like it
says, just paly around with them.
Cook them as long as you want to get the consistency you want. I wanted chewy ones, so I only did the
18 minutes. Also, because there
are no preservatives they will go rancid in about 4-5 days. Store them in the freezer and take out
as needed. They thaw well. I got this recipe from a mom of one of
my kiddos’s that I treat. She
stores them in the freezer and I’ve had many of hers!! She quadruples the recipe because they
eat so many of them. She uses
whole-wheat flour and coconut oil and actually doesn’t put the sugar in them,
only the honey.
