Save packaging waste by making your own granola bars!
I made some extremely tasty "Harvest Granola Bars" (I just made up that name, what do you think?)
They contain pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, sesame seeds, and sunflower seeds!
Recipe:
3/4 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup oil
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 c. oats
1/2 cup mixture of flax seeds, sesame seeds, and sunflower seeds
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds (shelled)
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Mix together oil and sugars. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; add to oil mixture, mixing well. Stir in oats, seeds, and chocolate chips.
I ended up "massaging" this together with my hands to make it more homogeneous.
Press into bottom of ungreased cookie sheet/jelly roll pan (something with a slight lip). It is okay if it doesn't reach the edges of the pan. Mine were kind of free-form edges. They look nicer after you trim them off but they are still deeee-lish, so don't throw any of this away!
Bake about 20 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool and cut into bars.
I also like to eat the crumbs in milk, like cereal.
Store in a sealed container. I put mine in the fridge but I'm sure it would be fine at room temperature as well.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Homemade Granola Bars
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3 comments:
Yummy! I will definitely try this--my kids love granola bars.
Dang, I'll have to try this -- with all that sugar, I bet they are sweet as heck!
You can also make granola bars without the oven, like this:
http://www.ecojoes.com/how-to-make-cheap-homemade-protein-bars/
Yum! They look so good! They seem like a good substitute for the Nature Valley bars we snack on around here. I too hate the packaging that comes with those bars. I'll have to try baking some, if I could ever pull myself away from this darned computer.
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