Homemade Granola Bars – Easy One Bowl Recipe
Learn how simple it is to make Homemade Granola Bars with this easy one bowl recipe. These granola bars are filled with lots of nuts and dried fruit, and you can even add chocolate chips if you want!
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Homemade Granola Bars – Easy One Bowl Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cup Old-Fashioned Oats Do not use quick-cook oats
- 2 tablespoons Dried cane juice White cane sugar can be substituted
- 1 1/2 cups Mixed nuts, seeds, chocolate chips, and/or coconut
- 1/3 cup Coconut oil
- 1/3 cup Honey Use a pourable honey
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Add all ingredients together in a bowl and mix well so that all the dry ingredients are well coated by the wet ingredients.
- Use an 8 x 11 inch pan or a 9 x 9 inch pan and line it with parchment paper allowing some of the parchment paper to hang over the side of the pan.
- Add the oat mixture to the pan and spread it out evenly. Then press the oat mixture down to compact it tightly.
- Transfer the pan to the oven and bake for approximately 25-30 minutes until the oat mixture is a golden brown.
- Remove the pan from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack. Allow to cool completely, then remove the oat mixture from the pan using the parchment paper. Slice the oat mixture into 12 bars.
- Wrap bars individually in parchment paper or waxed paper and then place in a plastic bag. Refrigerate.
- Granola Bars will stay fresh for approximately 2 weeks
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I just made these for the first time and they came out amazing!!! So delicious and they hold together beautifully. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Hi Mel,
Thanks a bunch for your kind comment. I’m glad that your granola bars were delicious!
Love and God bless,
Mary