Sunday, April 17, 2011

Granola Bars

2 cups oats
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 tbl ground flaxseed
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup flour
3/4 cup mini chocolate chips or raisins, or craisins.
1 tsp salt (i use just a pinch of salt)
1/2 cup honey
1 egg – beaten
1/2 cup canola oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Generously grease a 9 x 13 baking pan.  In a large bowl, mix together the oats, brown sugar, flaxseed, cinnamon, flour, choc chips and salt.  Make a well in the center and pour in the honey, egg, oil and vanilla.  Mix well.  Pat the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.  Bake for 30 minutes or until the edges turn golden.  Cool for 5 minutes, then cut into bars.

As soon as I have time I am going to try substituting in whole wheat flour and maybe some applesauce to cut down on the oil. My family LOVES these. They fill you up and our a perfect snack for school, breakfast, and church!
**I did try the whole wheat flour and they turned out even better in my opinion.

3 comments:

  1. Hello! This is Michelle, Juliet's roomie! Thanks for the nice comment! You look like you have some amazing recipes! I am excited, I am always looking for new things to cook!

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  2. these are awesome kerilyn! made a big batch with the whole wheat and froze them. then just pulled them out as needed. yum!

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