Your Favorite Flavor Granola Bars Recipes

GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square baking dish.
• Spread the oats and coconut evenly across a baking sheet.
• Toast oats and coconut in preheated oven until browned, about 10 minutes; transfer to a large mixing bowl.
• Mix honey, peanut butter, vanilla extract, and salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook and stir until smooth. Pour the honey mixture over the oats and coconut; stir to coat. Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven until beginning to dry, about 15 minutes for crunchy granola bars, less if you like them chewy. Cool completely before cutting.

HUNGRY BOY GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in center position. Line a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with parchment and lightly oil.
• In a large bowl, toss together the oats, coconut, almonds, sesame seeds, salt, and dried fruit. Separately whisk together the oil, honey, 1/3 cup water, vanilla, and egg whites; stir into the oat mixture.
• Spread the granola in the baking dish and pack firmly. Bake for one hour, or until golden on top and along the edges. Cool completely.
• Remove cooled granola to a cutting board. Cut in half lengthwise, and then cut crosswise into 1 1/2-inch-wide bars. Store in an airtight container.

CHEWY FRUIT GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine oats, sugar, oat flour, salt and cinnamon; mix well. Stir in apricots, cherries, coconut, pecans and sunflower kernels; set aside., In another bowl, whisk together honey, butter, corn syrup, vanilla and water. Add the honey mixture to the fruit mixture; mix until crumbly. Pat into a lightly greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown on the edges. Cool in pan for 5 minutes., While still warm, cut into bars. Remove bars to a wire rack to cook completely. Wrap bars individually in plastic wrap or store in an airtight container with parchment paper separating layers.

YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• First melt the margarine and honey in a saucpan on the stove or in a micro-safe container.
• Add all the other ingredients and mix well.
• (It tastes good at this point, but try not to eat it all).
• At this point you can add one or two of the optional ingredients.
• Switch honey and white sugar to maple syrup and brown sugar.
• Or add 1 cup chopped peanuts and a 1/4 cup of peanut butter.
• Then pour choc chips on top after baked and spread.
• Or add cinnamon, groung cloves and ginger.
• Or add chopped or crushed nuts of your choice.
• And or add half the bag chips (any flavor) to the mix as well as melting on top.
• Use your imagination and anything you find left in the pantry!
• Press hard onto a cookie sheet.
• I usually line it with foil.
• Bake at 320 for 15 minutes.
• It will puff up.
• Remove from the oven and evenly sprinkle half a bag of your favorite flavor chips on top.
• Wait a minute and then spread with a spatula.
• Careful not to pick up the spatula, but just keep spreading.
• You MUST cut into squares while still hot.
• They taste great hot and cold.
• Store for a week in an airtight container or they freeze great and even taste good frozen if you are sneaking them out of the freezer!