Granola Bars

Submitted by Devora

"Entry in RSC #9"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 12 bars
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups rolled oats
• 1⁄2 cup sunflower seeds
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
• 1⁄4 cup peanuts
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon orange rind (fresh)
• 2 tablespoons orange juice (fresh)
• 1⁄2 cup dried apricot, chopped
• 2 tablespoons raisins
• 1⁄2 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.

 

[Trisha W]

My husband and I enjoyed these. We like granola type snacks.

 

[FLKeysJen]

Just the right consistency of the popular Quaker Chewy Granola bars - and you can really taste all of the required ingredients. When I went to cut the cooled bars they were way too soft and crumbled apart. I ended up eating most of these over yogurt for breakfast because they were crumbled apart! If you cook them a few extra minutes and chill in the refrigerator for at least four hours before cutting, they cut just fine.