Thick, Chewy Granola Bars

Name: Thick, Chewy Granola Bars
Yield: Makes 12 to 16 pieces
Ingredients: 2 tsp (10 mL) vanilla; 1¾ cups (435 mL) old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats, barley flakes, or a combination; 1¾ cups (435 mL) old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats, barley flakes, or a combination; 1¾ cups (435 mL) old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats, barley flakes, or a combination; ⅓ cup (80 mL) canola oil; ⅓ cup (80 mL) peanut butter or golden pea butter; 2 cups (500 mL) chopped mixed dried fruit, nuts, and seeds; 1 cup (250 mL) Candied Red Lentils; ⅓ cup (80 mL) liquid honey, maple syrup, or corn syrup; ⅓ cup (80 mL) liquid honey, maple syrup, or corn syrup; ⅓ cup (80 mL) peanut butter or golden pea butter; ⅓ cup (80 mL) liquid honey, maple syrup, or corn syrup; ⅓ cup (80 mL) oat or quinoa flour (or finely ground oats); ⅓ cup (80 mL) oat or quinoa flour (or finely ground oats); ½ cup (125 mL) packed brown sugar; ⅓ cup (80 mL) oat or quinoa flour (or finely ground oats); 2 cups (500 mL) chopped mixed dried fruit, nuts, and seeds; 2 cups (500 mL) chopped mixed dried fruit, nuts, and seeds; ½ tsp (2.5 mL) salt; ¼ tsp (1 mL) ground cinnamon (optional)

Preparation info

Makes
12 to 16 pieces

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Spilling The Beans

By Julie Van Rosendaal and Sue Duncan

Published 2011

About

Granola bars are so much better made from scratch, and can be customized with any nuts, seeds, and dried fruit your kids like, in any proportion. Golden pea butter is available across Canada and in parts of the US and is well worth seeking out, but peanut or any other nut butter works as well. If you don’t have oat flour, make some by processing oats in a food processor until powdery, or try substituting brown rice or quinoa flour, which is available at most health food stores.

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Dessert
Vegetarian

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