Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chewy granola bars. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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, candy-coated chocolate pieces, chopped nuts, etc. A simple, soft and chewy granola bars recipe that's delicious as-is or can be adapted based on your favorite dried fruits, nuts or chocolate.
Chewy Granola Bars is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Chewy Granola Bars is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chewy granola bars using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chewy Granola Bars:
- Take 2 1/2 C old fashioned rolled oats
- Make ready 1/2 C natural almonds, coarsely chopped
- Make ready 1/3 C orange blossom honey
- Make ready 1/4 C unsalted butter
- Make ready 1/4 C dark brown sugar
- Get 1 Tbs Chia seeds
- Take 1/4 Teaspoon salt
- Make ready 1/4 C dried cranberries, coarsely chopped
- Prepare 1/4 c dried golden raisins, coarsely chopped
- Get 1 Tbs flaxseed
- Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon Vanila
- Make ready 1/4 C plus 2 teaspoon mini chocolate chips
Stir together all the dry ingredients, including the fruit and nuts. For best texture and easiest cutting, be sure the fruits and nuts are cut/chopped into small, fairly uniform pieces. Made with no artificial preservatives, artificial colors, or added colors. In large bowl, beat brown sugar, sugar, and butter until light and fluffy.
Steps to make Chewy Granola Bars:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- Transfer oat mixture to lined pan then use a rubber spatula or damp finger tips to firmly press the mixture into the pan.
- (Press hard here, this way the bars will stay together once cooled and cut — We press for about one minute to be extra safe).
- 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.
- Remove block of granola mixture from pan then peel away aluminum foil. Cut into 12 bars.
- 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 love making recipes that include pantry staples. The great thing about chewy granola bars is that they are so versatile. You can mix and match what you put into your granola bars and use up things that you have in your pantry. They make a great grab and go, healthy snack or even a quick breakfast. These chewy granola bars make such a great breakfast or snack!
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