The biggest chemical laden snack (and expensive) that my kids love are granola bars. There are a lot of recipes out there but they all vary and some work better than others. So here is my current take and the kids seem to like them. It is really pretty simple and you can change up the recipe to make different flavors. Today's recipe is almond chocolate chip. Mostly because it sounded good and I had the ingredients on hand. It takes maybe 10 minutes to make unless you count waiting for them to cool.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup honey
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup crispy rice cereal
1/3 cup toasted almonds
2 teaspoons flax seeds
2 cups of oats
mini chocolate chips
Directions:
1. Toast the almonds
2. In a saucepan heat butter, honey, and brown sugar over med heat. Let it bubble stirring constantly for about 2 minutes. You need to make sure the sugar is completely dissolved.
3. While the sugar mixture is is dissolving mix the oats, flax seeds, almonds, and cereal in a bowl.
4. Once the sugar mixture is ready, add a teaspoon of vanilla to the sugar mixture.
5. Pour the sugar mixture into the oat mixture and stir.
6. When it is combined, pour it into an 8x8 pan and press down until firm and an even layer.
7. Once it is mostly cooled top with chocolate chips and press them down on the mixture. If you do this too soon, the chocolate chips will melt. In which case spread them out and have chocolate topped granola bars.
8. Once completely cooled, cut into 12 bars
That is it! You can also replace some or all of the butter with peanut butter and could easily add raisins, coconut, or other dried fruits. You don't even have to use nuts and it still comes out great. If you don't have the cereal, you can just add more oats to get the right consistency.
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