Description
No baking required! Scrumptious homemade granola bars made right at home. A fast, easy and quick fix for breakfast and snack time, these granola bars will leave your mouth and stomach happy. Substitute your favorite ingredients and make a variety of flavors. Try almonds and dried berries, or white chocolate chips, walnuts and dried apples, the combinations are endless.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
- 1 cup Crisp Rice Cereal (e.g. Rice Krispies)
- ⅓ cups Dried Fruit (dried Cranberries, Raisins, Cherries, Etc.)
- ⅓ cups Mini Candy Coated Chocolate (M&Ms)
- ⅓ cups Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips Or Mini Chocolate Chips
- ⅓ cups Chopped Roasted Unsalted Peanuts
- ⅔ cups Honey
- ⅓ cups Smooth Peanut Butter
Preparation
1. Prep a baking dish. For thicker bars, try a 7×11 or a couple of bread pans. For thinner bars, a 13×9 will work. Grease the pan or lay down non-stick foil.
2. In a great big bowl: mix the oats, rice cereal, dried fruit, M&Ms, chocolate chips, and peanuts. Stir it all together with a large spatula. Have the spatula close and handy!
3. In a medium-sized microwave safe bow, combine the honey and peanut butter. Microwave for 30-45 seconds. Stir until it is thoroughly mixed.
4. Pour your honey mixture into the oat mixture. Now, be quick! Coat the oat mixture with the honey mixture. This is easier to do while it is still hot.
5. Once coated, press the mixture into your prepared pan. You can grease your hands and press. I like to take cling wrap and wrap that around the bottom of a bread pan. Then, I use that to press the bars into the pan really firmly. This is necessary for the bars to stick together.
6. Cover and put it in the fridge for at least 1 hour. Cut and enjoy! Do not attempt to cut them before one hour or they will be a crumbly, honey gooey mess. They will still be tasty, though. Like many homemade granola bars, freezing these for a little while helps them stick together.
Store at room temperature, in the fridge or the freezer.
Recipe from Bran Appetit.
