Granola Bars (Good Eats)

Submitted by bgriddle

"I got this recipe from Good Eats (Alton Brown). I looks like a good recipe, easy to make."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 226.79 g old fashioned oats, approximately 2 cups
• 42.52 g raw sunflower seeds, approximately 1/2 cup
• 85.04 g sliced almonds, approximately 1 cup
• 42.52 g wheat germ, approximately 1/2 cup
• 170.09 g honey, approximately 1/2 cup
• 49.61 g dark brown sugar, approximately 1/4 cup packed
• 28.34 g unsalted butter, plus extra for pan
• 9.85 ml vanilla extract
• 2.46 ml kosher salt
• 184.27 184.27 g dried cherries (any combination) or 184.27 g dried blueberries (any combination)

directions

1. Butter a 9x9-inch glass baking dish and set aside. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Spread the oats, sunflower seeds, almonds, and wheat germ onto a half-sheet pan. Place in the oven and toast for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. In the meantime, combine the honey, brown sugar, butter, extract and salt in a medium saucepan and place over medium heat. Cook until the brown sugar has completely dissolved.
4. Once the oat mixture is done, remove it from the oven and reduce the heat to 300°F Immediately add the oat mixture to the liquid mixture, add the dried fruit, and stir to combine. Turn mixture out into the prepared baking dish and press down, evenly distributing the mixture in the dish and place in the oven to bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. Cut into squares and store in an airtight container for up to a week.

Reviews

[Chef#229187]

These are great and so simple. We doubled it and added raisins and cranberries along with the apricots. Note for anyone having trouble getting these out of the pan - on the show Alton went around the edge of the pan with a knife to free the sides before turning out the bars - it worked great for us.

 

[Kate57]

Wow are these good. I used the dried mixed berries too and cut up 4 or 5 dried appricots to add to the mix. These were just a bit sticky and very chewy, so for the bars I was giving as a treat to someone, I wrapped them individually in waxed paper. I also took one bar and placed it in my oven set at 225 degrees F for about 25 minutes. The stickiness was gone and the bar was nice and crispy - so if you like your granola more crispy you may want to give this added bake time a try after you cut them. Either way, I prefer these over store bought any day.

 

[Feej3940]

Very good. Chewy and a bit sweet. But not too sweet - you can tell it's granola! I used a mix of dried berries instead of the apricots, cherries & blueberries. This one is a keeper & I will make it again. Thank you very much for posting this.

 

[curlylml]

My bars fell apart in to cereal. The flavor was very good but the texture was not great. Even the pieces that remained in sqaures, fell apart the second you took a bite.

 

[Gia C]

This is wonderful, authentic, chewy granola. I left out the wheat germ and replaced the apricots with raisins. I also added, half a cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips. These melted and they ended up with a slight brownie flavor.