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Homemade Granola Bars Recipe w/ Fruit & Nuts

Author: Kasey Trenum

Ingredients

  • 3 Cups Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats NOT the instant kind
  • 3/4 Cups Toasted Unsalted Sunflower Seeds
  • 1 Cup Sliced Almonds
  • 1/2 Cup Wheat Germ
  • 8 oz Honey
  • 1/3 Cup Finely Packed Brown Sugar
  • 3 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 3/4 tsp Salt
  • 6-8 oz Dried Chopped Fruit

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350. Spread the oats on a baking sheet and toast for 15 minutes, stirring around once or twice while baking.
  • Grease a 9x13 Glass baking dish with butter or coconut oil and set aside.
  • While the oats are toasting, heat coconut oil, honey, brown sugar, vanilla and salt on medium until the brown sugar is entirely dissolved. Make sure not to overcook this (aka - boil it until it's foamy) or your bars may be stuck together like concrete.
  • While that heats, mix remaining ingredients (Sunflower seeds, almonds, wheat germ) in a separate bowl.
  • Pull the now-toasted oats out of the oven and add to the nut mixture, then slowly pour in the melted honey & sugar syrup.
  • Stir in the dried fruit and mix well. Spread evenly into the glass baking dish, and press down with the back of a spatula until even and flat. (I used my own buttered palms, which works great too - but remember that stuff is a little hot!)
  • Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting into squares.