Has anyone ever made homemade granola bars?!


Question: Has anyone ever made homemade granola bars!?
Just wondering how they turned out and if they last very well!? Good quality granola bars are expensive!. I'd love to try and make my own!. If you have a recipe!.!.please share it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
I've been wanting to make some as well!. The 2nd answer looked good!.

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Yummy Granola Bars
Servings:24
2 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup craisins (or raisins)
1/2 cup chocolate chips
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup honey (can substitute defrosted concentrated apple juice)
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup vegetable oil (can substitute applesauce or apple butter)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)!. Generously grease a 9x13 inch baking pan!.

In a large bowl, mix together the oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, craisins, chocolate chips and salt!. Make a well in the center, and pour in the honey, egg, oil and vanilla!. Mix well using your hands!. Pat the mixture evenly into the prepared pan!.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until the bars begin to turn golden at the edges!.

Cool for 5 minutes, then cut into bars while still warm!.

Do not allow the bars to cool completely before cutting, or they will be too hard to cut!.
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Granola
7 to 8 cups dry ingredients of choice:
3 - 6 cups quick or regular oatmeal (NOT instant)
1/4 - 1/2 cups any of following:
wheat germ, whole wheat flour, bran, cornmeal (white), coconut, soy flour, milk powder, chopped nuts (peanuts, pecans, black walnuts, cashews, etc!.), sunflower seed, sesame (benne) seed, dried banana chips
3 cups Rice Krispies (optional)
1 - 1 1/2 teaspoons spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, apple pie spice
1/2 - 3/4 cup butter (melted], soft margarine or corn oil
1/2 - 3/4 cup Dark Brown sugar, honey (locally grown), corn or maple syrup,
Splenda sweetener (sweeten to taste)
1 - 1 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or pure almond extract
1/4 cup Tang (optional)
1/2 - 1 teaspoon table salt
1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon black pepper (optional)
1/4 cup applesauce
1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 - 1 cup peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon pure maple flavoring

Combine in a large bowl 7 to 8 cups dry ingredients of choice: Combine spices separately and add melted butter or oil, sweetener and extract!. Add any other wet ingredients such as applesauce, juice or peanut butter!.

Add Tang, salt, black pepper and mix well!. Place on large baking sheet and bake at 350 Degrees F!. 30 - 45 minutes until golden brown!. Stir occasionally!. After removing from oven, add any of the following, as desired: raisins, chopped dates, dried apples, any dried chopped fruits!. Store in airtight containers!.
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Granola Bars
granola
1 or 2 beaten eggs
1/3 cup milk or orange juice

Beat eggs and milk together then mix into granola to moisten!. Press granola into two well-greased 10 X 15 inch cookie pans!. Bake at 325 Degrees F!. until golden brown!. Cut into bars immediately!. Remove from pans when cool!.
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Do you know that those poor granolas are raised in horrible conditions just to slaughtered to make those tasty little bars that you speak of!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes yes I do!.!. I drive to walmart and buy them off the shelf!. Bring them home unwrap them and serve them to my guests as homemade:)

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No, but I just got finished flushing last night's dinner down the toilet if you'd like to try that out!.


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I make them a couple of times a day!. But then I get a lot of fiber in my diet!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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