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July 31, 2012 By Emily 8 Comments

Granola Bars

Filed Under: breakfast, easy, snack Tagged With: bars, chocolate, fruit, granola, oat, oats, treat

These homemade Granola Bars are crunchy on the outside,soft on the inside and loaded with sweet bits of chocolate and delicious fruity flavor.
The other day during nap time I found myself without any freelance work so I watched a few minutes of “The Barefoot Contessa” I’ll admit love Ina! She is just so cheery and full of great recipe ideas, for Valentine’s this year I even made her Lobster Potpie. I always get excited when there is an episode I haven’t seen before and in this episode she made her own granola bars. Granola bars are something I have been meaning to try for a couple of years now, but for some reason hadn’t yet. I altered her recipe to fit my taste and boy did they turn out good. These bars are crunchy on the outside – soft on the inside, sweet and filled with delicious fruity flavor. As a snack, breakfast on the go or whenever, I love a good granola bar and I hope you will enjoy them too; happy baking!
Homemade Granola Bars
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Granola Bars

Prep 15 mins

Cook 35 mins

Total 50 mins

Author breakfast, snack

Yield 12 bars

Ingredients

  • 2 c old fashioned oats
  • 1 c shredded coconut
  • 1 /2 c dried fruit bits, I used Sunmaid
  • 1/4 c flaxmeal
  • 2/3 c honey
  • 1/4 c brown sugar, packed
  • 2 Tbs butter
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350º, line a large baking sheet with parchment and also a 9"x13" baking pan with parchment, hanging over the edges.
  2. Spread the oats and coconut over the baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
  3. In a large bowl combine the baked oats, coconut, dried fruit and flaxmeal.
  4. In a sauce pan add the honey, butter, sugar and salt and bring to a boil over medium heat, cook for one minute.
  5. Pour the honey mixture over the oat mixture and stir to combine, set aside and cool 30-45 minutes. Stir in the chocolate chips and press the mixture into the 9"x13" pan, bake for 25 minutes.
  6. Cool completely, cut into bars and serve.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Homemade Granola Bars by Ina Garten

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Comments

  1. Jocelyn says

    July 31, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    Homemade granola bars are so much better than the store bought ones!!! I love that you added flaxmeal to yours!!!

    Reply
    • Emily Dicks says

      July 31, 2012 at 3:24 pm

      Jocelyn, I love to add flaxmeal to just about everything!

      Reply
  2. Heather Kinnaird says

    August 1, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    we love making granola bars – your bars look amazing

    Reply
  3. Christine says

    August 4, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    I want some of those granola bars… YUM!!!

    Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!!

    Reply
  4. Deana says

    August 9, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Pinned ya………Thanks for linking up @CountryMommaCooks party hope to see you again tomorrow : )

    Reply
  5. Lita says

    August 14, 2013 at 4:08 am

    Thanks for linking to Saturday Dishes.

    Linda @ Tumbleweed Contess

    Reply

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