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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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These homemade chewy granola bars are easily customized to taste with your own favorite fruits and nuts. Ingredients:
1-2/3 cups quick-cooking oats |
3/4 cup sugar plus 2 tablespoons sugar |
1/3 cup oat flour |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots |
1/2 cup each dried cherries and cranberries |
1/2 cup flaked coconut |
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts |
1/2 cup unsalted sunflower kernels |
1/4 cup honey or maple syrup |
2 tablespoons butter, melted |
2 tablespoons light corn syrup |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1 tablespoon water |
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, combine oats, sugar, oat flour, salt and cinnamon; mix well. Stir in apricots, cherries, coconut, pecans and sunflower kernels; set aside.
2. In another bowl, whisk together honey, butter, corn syrup, vanilla and water. Add the honey mixture to the fruit mixture; mix until crumbly. Pat into a lightly greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown on the edges. Cool in pan for 5 minutes.
3. While still warm, cut into bars. Remove bars to a wire rack to cook completely. Wrap bars individually in plastic wrap or store in an airtight container with parchment paper separating layers. Yield: 12 servings.
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