Let's face it - granola (muesli) bars are a great afternoon snack when your mind is repeating the word "chocolate" every 1.5 minutes. However, if you look at the ingredient list of 80% of the brands on the supermarket shelf, they contain a lot of extra sugar - most sinister is "high fructose corn syrup" - no thanks.
Making your own snackies are SO EASY and you can put whatever you want in them - blueberries, apricots, cherries, yes, even dark chocolate chips! The best thing is - you know exactly what went into them and can adjust things like sweetness to your preference. I used
Alton Brown's recipe and it's baking right now!
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Dry ingredients toasted nicely |
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Oatmeal, nuts, fruit and honey in sweet sweet harmony |
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All pressed into the pan and ready for the oven! Ps - wet your fingers, it makes it soo much easier |
I made a few changes, though. I have a 9X13 pan, so I multiplied everything by 1.5 to fit my bigger pan. I also nixed the brown sugar, figuring that honey was enough - and it was. When I tasted the mix, I still thought it was too sweet, so I'll use less honey next time. Nevertheless - DELICIOUSNESS! It's really important to let the bars stand after baking (overnight is good) to set properly...otherwise you'll have granola blobs.
I chose dried blueberries, almonds, hazelnuts and cashews for my granola bars - what will you choose?
Enjoy!
Kat
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