by Alana 19 Comments
If you like granola bars of any kind you will love these homemade granola bars. They are just sweet, salty, crunchy, and gooey enough. They are full of everything you crave! My kiddos love to help make these. Imagine a healthy alternative to store bought granola bars. You know every ingredient that is put is into these bars with no preservatives added.
We love to make at least one batch a week for breakfast, or dessert. My hubby sneaks these into his lunch bag as well. My favorite is when they just come out of the oven and are really soft, warm, and gooey. Yum is all I can say! Have fun and enjoy making these. I am sure they will soon be a favorite of yours.
Ingredients:
2 cups old fashion rolled oats
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup brown sugar ( we use light )
1/4 cup chocolate chips or white chocolate chips or (use 1/2 cup of each and add both to the mix)
1/4 cup walnuts
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1/4 sunflower seeds
( you may also add flax seeds or any other ingredients you would like in your granola bars: raisins, dried cranberries and more.)
1/2 cup honey
1 egg
1/2 cup of lite virgin olive oil, or your oil of choice.
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
What make these granola bars fun is that you can customize what you would like to add or leave out. If you don’t like walnuts or chocolate chips, you can leave those out of the recipe and these are still super yummy.
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Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350, then spray your pan with cooking spray. (I love to use my pampered chef brownie pan for these.)
Mix all the dry ingredients together well.
Add oil to the measuring cup first and add to the mix.
Then add the honey to the same cup that the oil was in and add to the mix. I do it in this order because the honey will just slide out of the measuring cup because of the oil. This is much easier than trying to scoop the honey out of the cup.
Next beat your egg and add to the mix.
Add the vanilla extract and mix everything together really well.
Spread in the pan and pack it down a bit.
Bake for about 35 minutes.
You can cut these into bars or crumble for toppings. Have fun making these, and enjoy!
Recipe: Homemade Granola Bars
All natural, homemade granola bars
Author: Alana
Recipe type: Snack
Serves: 12 bars
Ingredients
- 2 cups old fashion rolled oats
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar ( we use light )
- ¼ cup chocolate chips or white chocolate chips or (use ½ cup of each and add both to the mix)
- ¼ cup walnuts
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
- ¼ sunflower seeds
- ( you may also add flax seeds or any other ingredients you would like in your granola bars: raisins, dried cranberries and more.)
- ½ cup honey
- 1 egg
- ½ cup of lite virgin olive oil, or your oil of choice.
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- What make these granola bars fun is that you can customize what you would like to add or leave out. If you don't like walnuts or chocolate chips, you can leave those out of the recipe and these are still super yummy.
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350, then spray your pan with cooking spray. (I love to use my pampered chef brownie pan for these.)
- Mix all the dry ingredients together well.
- Add oil to the measuring cup first and add to the mix.
- Then add the honey to the same cup that the oil was in and add to the mix. I do it in this order because the honey will just slide out of the measuring cup because of the oil. This is much easier than trying to scoop the honey out of the cup.
- Next beat your egg and add to the mix.
- Add the vanilla extract and mix everything together really well.
- Spread in the pan and pack it down a bit.
- Bake for about 35 minutes.
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