Homemade Granola Bars
"This is a Barefoot Contessa Recipe. The possibilities with this granola bar are endless. I have made them once now and love them. I am going to play with them and try some blueberries next time - but they are perfect as written."
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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12 Bars
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- 1 cup shredded coconut, loosely packed
- 1⁄2 cup toasted wheat germ
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter (I used salted)
- 2⁄3 cup honey
- 1⁄4 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1⁄2 cup pitted dates, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup dried apricot, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Butter a 9x13 baking dish and line it with parchment paper.
- Toss the oatmeal, almonds, and coconut together on a sheet pan and bake for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned.
- Transfer the mixture to a large mixing bowl and stir in the wheat germ. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees.
- Place the butter, honey, brown sugar, vanilla and salt in a small saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat.
- Cook and stir for a minute, then pour over the oatmeal mixture.
- Add the dates, apricots and cranberries and stir well.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
- Wet your fingers and lightly press the mixture evenly into the pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until light golden brown.
- Cool for at least 2 to 3 hours before cutting into squares.
- Serve at room temperature.
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Reviews
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These are fabulous! I've made them for a couple of years. I bake, cool, wrap and stick them in the freezer and then whenever I have to go out and am going to miss a meal (God forbid!!!), I grab one and stick it in my purse. Really fills you up too. Love, love, love them! Thanks for posting.
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Hi, My name is Renee. I am very happily married and have 3 grown married daughters and 6 absolutely precious grand-babies!! ?I LOVE to cook BUT I work outside the home full-time, My husband is self employed so I do his bookkeeping and I own a tie dye business so ANY free time I have at all is usually spent with the grand kids or doing some tie dye!!
