Granola Bars

Name: Granola Bars
Total time: 1200 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup oats; 3/4 cup wheat germ; 3/4 cup Sunflower Seeds; 1 cup Peanuts; 3/4 cup Flax seed; 1 cup Honey; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 2/3 cup brown sugar; 8 oz Dried fruit

Mark @cook_2960709

Adapted a recipe from www.joyfulabode.com. No high fructose corn syrup granola bars! Can add any kind of dried fruit, but my go-to is raisins. A very hearty granola bar recipe!

Mark @cook_2960709

Adapted a recipe from www.joyfulabode.com. No high fructose corn syrup granola bars! Can add any kind of dried fruit, but my go-to is raisins. A very hearty granola bar recipe!

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Ingredients

20 mins

Grains
2 cupoats
3/4 cupwheat germ
3/4 cupSunflower Seeds
1 cupPeanuts
3/4 cupFlax seed
Glue
1 cupHoney
1/2 tspsalt
2 tspvanilla extract
2/3 cupbrown sugar
Fruit
8 ozDried fruit

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Steps

20 mins

1

Preheat oven to 400°F
2

Crush peanuts
3

Mix peanuts, oats, wheat germ, and sunflower seeds in a baking dish with sides
4

Toast in oven for 10-12 minutes, stirring every few minutes to prevent burning.
5

Put brown sugar, honey, vanilla, and salt, into a saucepan and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly.
6

Add grains, glue, and dried fruit to a large bowl. Mix well!
7

Dump mixture into an 11x13 casserole dish (or similar) that has been pre-lined with parchment paper.
8

Spread mixture evenly and cover with another sheet of parchment paper.
9

Press down super hard! It helps to place a heavy weight on the paper such as a stack of books to compress the mixture real well, else they'll fall apart.
10

After 2-3 hours or until granola has completely cooled, remove granola by peeling back paper on a cutting board.
11

Cut by pressing down with a knife into appropriate sized bars.
12

Wrap in plastic wrap, vacuum seal, or in a container with parchment paper for storage and easy eating!