Granola Bars {Easy Recipe}

Granola bars ready cooked and ready to eat.

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Granola Bars {Easy Recipe}

A delicious combination of crunchy and chewy, these homemade Granola Bars are packed with nutritious seeds, nuts and fruit, making them the perfect after school snack or lunch box addition.

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Total Time35

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Family Food

Servings:

Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

100 g Unsalted butter
200 g Porridge oats See notes
200 g Mixed seeds
3 tbsp Honey
100 g Light brown sugar
100 g Dried fruit See notes
1 tsp Ground cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 160C. Line a small shallow tin (about 20cm x 20cm) with baking paper.
Warm the butter, honey and sugar gently in a saucepan. Don't let the mixture boil.
Add the oats, seeds and the dried fruit, plus the cinnamon, if you like it, to the saucepan. Mix until everything is nicely coated.
Top into the tin, press down lightly and bake for 30 minutes.
Allow the bake to cool completely in the tin before you slice it into 12 bars, otherwise they will crumble.

Notes

Additions: You can customise these bars however you like with the kind of seeds, nuts and fruit you add into the mixture. Only like raisins? That’s fine. Fancy a sprinkling of choc chips? Go for it!

Storing: Store in an airtight container. You can also freeze these for another day if you like. Thaw thoroughly before eating.

Oats: I use half jumbo oats and half rolled oats. If you only have one type, that should be fine too, but I like the texture that the combination of the two makes - which is crunchy and chewy!

Allow to cool: Allow the bake to cool completely in the tin before you slice into 12 bars (with a sharp serrated-edge knife), otherwise they will crumble.

Size of fruit and nuts: Chop these up to the size you like in a mouthful. If you like full raisins and chunky nuts, keep them large, but if you like a bit of everything mixed together in small amounts, chop them more finely.

Type of tin: I usually use a tin like this for my tray bakes. It measures 20cm x 20cm and gets the best thickness. You can use another size or shape but just be aware your squares might be thinner or thicker.

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