Granola Bars

Devora's Note:

Entry in RSC #9

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 12.0 bars

• 1 ¼ cups rolled oats
• ½ cup sunflower seed
• 1 egg , beaten
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• ½ cup peanut butter
• ¼ cup peanuts
• 2 tablespoons milk
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon orange rind (fresh)
• 2 tablespoons orange juice (fresh)
• ½ cup dried apricot , chopped
• 2 tablespoons raisins
• ½ cup sliced almonds

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Toast oats and sunflower seeds on a cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 5-7 minutes until crispy.
3. In a large bowl, combine toasted oats and sunflower seeds with remaining ingredients except for sliced almonds.
4. Press mixture into an 8-inch greased baking dish.
5. Press almonds on top.
6. Bake at 350 degrees 15 minutes or until brown and done. Cool before cutting into bars.

Reviews

[Studentchef]

I liked them quite a bit, but I felt like they needed more fruit, like raisins, since I love raisins. Unfortunately, I realized that I am not a big fan of sunflower seeds.

[Annacia]

I gave this a try mainly because there is only 8 grams of sugar per serving and I wanted to try something that I wouldn't normally make, I used Splenda Brown Sugar (1 TBS)to bring the sugar down a bit more. I liked the flavor but it didn't want to be bars and was happy as granola so I left it as such.

[LUv 2 BaKE]

I LOVE peanut butter, so these granola bars are perfect for me! These have a very decadent peanut butter flavour and the dried fruit give a bit of sweetness that complements the peanut butter. Although I like muffins/desserts just slightly sweet, I actually found this one could have used a tbsp or 2 more of the brown sugar, to be slightly sweeter, which would enhance the flavour even more. I liked the look of the almonds on top but the did not stick to the cake all that well. I enjoyed these best slightly warm. Reviewed for RSC #9.