Granola Bars

Name: Granola Bars
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters roughly chopped almonds; 59 milliliters apple juice; 237 milliliters brown sugar; 4 Tbsps butter, melted, plus more for greasing; 59 milliliters canola oil; 355 milliliters rice cereal; 118 milliliters honey; 227 grams milk chocolate, melted; 59 milliliters molasses; 118 milliliters finely chopped pecans; 1 liters rolled oats (not quick oats); 1 teaspoon salt; 3 teaspoons vanilla extract; 237 milliliters wheat germ

Granola Bars might be a good recipe to expand your morn meal repertoire. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains about 10g of protein, 23g of fat, and a total of 551 calories. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes. If you have wheat germ, apple juice, brown sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

In a bowl, toss the oats with the canola oil, melted butter and salt.

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Canola Oil

Butter

Oats

Salt

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Bowl

Spread the mixture out on 2 baking sheets and toast in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, shaking the pan twice and making sure they don't burn.

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Spread

Toast

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Frying Pan

Remove from the oven and set aside. Reduce the heat to 325 degrees F.

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Oven

In a medium saucepan, combine the brown sugar, honey, apple juice and molasses.

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Apple Juice

Brown Sugar

Molasses

Honey

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Sauce Pan

Heat the mixture slowly, stirring until all combined. Stir in the vanilla and remove from the heat.

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Vanilla

Toss together the toasted oats, rice cereal, wheat germ, pecans and almonds.

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Wheat Germ

Almonds

Cereal

Pecans

Oats

Rice

Pour in the sugar mixture, stirring as you pour. Toss to combine; it will be sticky.

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Sugar

Press into 1 baking sheet (thoroughly greased with butter) and bake until golden, about 25 minutes.

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Butter

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Remove from oven and let cool.

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Oven

Cut pieces with a sharp knife and remove from the pan. You can cut them while they're still warm if that's easier.

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Knife

Frying Pan

Dip the cooled granola bars straight into the melted chocolate so that the top is plain and the bottom is chocolate-covered. Set on parchment until set, sticking in the fridge to hasten this along if necessary.

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Chocolate