Here's a recipe for homemade granola bars that I just tried:
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup coconut oil or other oil
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup combination of things like coconut, sunflower seeds, wheat germ, dried fruit, and maybe even chocolate chips
Melt peanut butter, honey and oil in a saucepan. Remove from heat and add the oatmeal, then stir in the rest of the ingredients. Spread in an 8x8 pan and refrigerate for 2 hours or more, then cut into bars.
I just put it together, and it is quite tasty. For the 1-cup combination of other ingredients, I used coconut, sunflower seeds, raisins and wheat germ. Some of my ingredients have been in the cupboard for a while and taste a little old, but it is still good. Oh, and I stirred in a few chocolate chips as well. It works for me!
Ellen
2 comments:
Yay! You tried them. I keep wanting too, but haven't yet because I couldn't think what to use for the one cup combo. Now that you have given me ideas though, I think I can throw somthing together. I'm glad you liked them. I hope my kids do too.
They are gooey and not as easy to handle as I'd like. Maybe if you cooked the mixture to a hardball stage, like candy, that would help them to set up better. Or maybe if you use coconut oil, which I understand is hard at room temperature, that would make a difference. Anyway, my favorite thing in there is the sunflower seeds because of the crunch. I highly recommend those. Chocolate chips aren't really necessary, IMHO, because it's already so sweet from the honey, and I don't care so much for the raisins. Another idea would be to just add more dry ingredients. I think that would be fine. That's what I'm going to try next time.
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