#47 Car Snack #3- Granola Bar

Here is the last of the granola bar(ish) recipes in The Homemade Pantry.

Car Snack #3

1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup coconut oil- or butter
3/4 cup nut butter- I used peanut butter
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
2 Tbsp. vanilla
1/3 cup honey
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
2 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1 1/2 cups nuts- I used walnuts and pecans
3/4 cup chocolate chips- I used dark choc.
1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
1/2 cup oat bran
1/2 tsp. cinnamon


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 9x13 pan with parchment paper, leaving extra paper to pull the finished bars out of the pan.

2. In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, coconut oil, peanut butter, brown sugar, vanilla, honey, salt and 2 Tbsp. water. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until you have a uniform syrup.

 

If you happen to have coconut oil, be sure to use it in this recipe...you will not regret it. So yummy!

 

Remove from heat. In another bowl, stir together, oats, nuts, coconut, chocolate chips, oat bran and cinnamon.

Pour previous made syrup over the dry mixture and stir together until thoroughly coated.

Transfer mixture to the prepared baking pan and press into pan as firmly as you can. Use hands and spatula to flatten the top.

3. Bake until the edges start to darken, 35-40 minutes. The mixture will be soft when you take it out of the oven, but allow to cool completely before taking out of the pan and cutting into bars.

I cut 14 large rectangle bars from my pan and individually wrapped them in Ziploc snack bags.

 

This is a very yummy granola bar. The only problem is that I had to shoo the kids outside to eat them. They were really crumbly. It's not a deal breaker for me though because they were THAT good. Kid and mommy approved!