Homemade granola bars
Granola Bars
I tweaked the recipe for Oatmeal Raisin & Nut Cookies to make granola bars. In the future, I would add one more egg (bringing the total to 3 eggs) as they were a little crumbly. Mind you, they were gobbled up pretty quickly. You could add half a cup of peanut butter to replace half the butter to make Peanut Butter Granola Bars.
1½ cups all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter or shortening, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs (I recommend 3 eggs)
3 cups big flake rolled oats
1½ cups raisins (or dried cranberries)
½ cup nuts, ½ cup hemp hearts and ½ cup unsweetened coconut
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line an 8×14″pan with parchment paper.
Mix the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl.
With an electric mixer, beat the butter until creamy. Add brown/white sugar and bea until fluffy - a few minutes. Beat in the eggs.
Stir the dry ingredients into the butter-sugar mixture. Stir in the oats and raisins, nuts, hemp hearts and coconut.
Spread in pan and press down slightly.
Bake for about 30-35 minutes. After about 10 minutes, make the cuts for bars. I didn’t have time to transfer to another container. They were gone. Makes about 16 bars.
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