Chewy Granola Bars
Chewy Granola Bars

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chewy granola bars. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chewy Granola Bars is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Chewy Granola Bars is something that I have loved my entire life.

You can make them your own by picking different ingredients to add in! Try using any combination of miniature chocolate chips, sunflower seeds, raisins, chopped dried fruits. They tasted great, but fell apart.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chewy granola bars using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chewy Granola Bars:
  1. Make ready 2 1/2 C old fashioned rolled oats
  2. Prepare 1/2 C natural almonds, coarsely chopped
  3. Take 1/3 C orange blossom honey
  4. Prepare 1/4 C unsalted butter
  5. Take 1/4 C dark brown sugar
  6. Take 1 Tbs Chia seeds
  7. Get 1/4 Teaspoon salt
  8. Get 1/4 C dried cranberries, coarsely chopped
  9. Take 1/4 c dried golden raisins, coarsely chopped
  10. Get 1 Tbs flaxseed
  11. Make ready 1/2 Teaspoon Vanila
  12. Get 1/4 C plus 2 teaspoon mini chocolate chips

Homemade chewy granola bars, customized to taste with your own favorite fruits and nuts. These bars are the former; I actually cannot stop eating them! They're sweet and salty, chewy and Here's how I make the easiest no-bake granola bars, perfect for eating for breakfast or packing as a. These homemade granola bars are made from wholesome ingredients Those chewy, golden, and sweet bars sustained many a playground adventure in my childhood, and I look back on them fondly.

Instructions to make Chewy Granola Bars:
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line bottom and sides of a 8-inch or 9-inch square pan with aluminum foil. Then lightly oil or spray with cooking spray.
  2. Add oats and almonds to a small baking sheet then bake 5 minutes, stir and bake another 3 to 5 minutes until lightly toasted. Transfer to a large bowl.
  3. Combine butter, honey, brown sugar, vanilla extract and the salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally until butter melts and the sugar completely dissolves.
  4. Pour butter mixture in to bowl with toasted oats and almonds. Mix well. Let cool about 5 minutes then add cranberries and a 1/4 cup of the mini chocolate chips.
  5. Stir to combine. (The chocolate chips will most likely melt a little. This is fine, they turn into glue and help to hold the bars together).
  6. Transfer oat mixture to lined pan then use a rubber spatula or damp finger tips to firmly press the mixture into the pan.
  7. (Press hard here, this way the bars will stay together once cooled and cut — We press for about one minute to be extra safe).
  8. Scatter remaining 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips over pressed granola mixture then use a rubber spatula to gently press them into the top. Cover then refrigerate at least 2 hours.
  9. Remove block of granola mixture from pan then peel away aluminum foil. Cut into 12 bars.
  10. Store bars in an airtight container for up to one week. For the softest bars, keep at room temperature. For slightly harder bars, store in the fridge.

I "borrowed" this recipe from the kitchen at my college because I fell in love with these bars. A no-bake, easy chewy granola bars recipe that comes out perfect every time with coconut oil and no refined sugar! Add any nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and spices you want. This chewy granola bar recipe has a similar flavor to my favorite crunchy granola bars, Nature Valley, but they don't crumble as much as a crunchy granola bar does and they won't break your jaw, either. This Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bar Recipe is THE BEST and easiest way to make granola bars!

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