Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, 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 will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chewy Granola Bars is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chewy Granola Bars is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have chewy granola bars using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chewy Granola Bars:
- Get 2 1/2 C old fashioned rolled oats
- Prepare 1/2 C natural almonds, coarsely chopped
- Prepare 1/3 C orange blossom honey
- Get 1/4 C unsalted butter
- Get 1/4 C dark brown sugar
- Make ready 1 Tbs Chia seeds
- Take 1/4 Teaspoon salt
- Get 1/4 C dried cranberries, coarsely chopped
- Take 1/4 c dried golden raisins, coarsely chopped
- Take 1 Tbs flaxseed
- Get 1/2 Teaspoon Vanila
- Make ready 1/4 C plus 2 teaspoon mini chocolate chips
Instructions 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.
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