More Granola - Granola Bar Recipes

img is from Robert's Home Recipes, and I will revisit that site as perhaps interesting to see what other recipes are there.

So, I tried a couple of the granola recipes yesterday. I did not like the bisquick recipe at all. I did like the basic recipe that permitted freedom to mix and match ingredients. It was great, and then I baked it a tad too long so it was more crunchy than I wanted it to be, but overall, I'll use the basic recipe often. It is not granola bars though, as you actually get a loose mixture of granola. That is fine, as can add to my yogurt and Sweetie can add to his morning cereal.

So today, I thought I'd look up granola bars to see if there is some ingredient that is more binding in holding the granola mixture together. We have the purchased commercial kinds of granola bars, and I've taken to enjoying having one in the early mornings with my coffee. So, I decided to make my own, and I'm into granola recipes at the moment.



Granola Bar Recipes:

Coffee Granola Bars Recipe

Ready in: 30-60 minutes

Serves/Makes: 2 dozen


Ingredients:
2 tablespoons Instant coffee powder
1/2 cup Melted butter or margarine
3 cups Rolled oats (quick or old fashioned)
1 cup Raisins
1/2 cup Wheat germ
1/2 cup Coconut flakes
1/2 cup Brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup Honey
1 Egg; beaten
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees; grease a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Stir the instant coffee into the melted butter. Combine the oats, raisins, wheat germ, coconut, brown sugar, honey, egg and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Add the butter mixture and mix well.

Press firmly into the prepared pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Cut into bars while still warm. Cool; remove from the pan.




Chewy Granola ars Recipe

Ready in: 30 minutes

Serves/Makes: 1 dozen

Ingredients:
1/3 cup butter
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
2 eggs -- beaten
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 3/4 cup rolled oats
2/3 cup raisins
1/2 cup peanuts

Directions:

Mix ingredients together and press into 8x8x2-inch pan. Bake at 350F degrees for 20 to 30 minutes or until golden. Cool in pan or rack. Cut into bars.




Blueberry Granola Bars Recipe

Ready in: 1-2 hrs

Serves/Makes: 18

Ingredients:
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
2 cups fresh blueberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease a 9X9-inch square baking pan.

In a medium-size saucepan, combine honey, brown sugar, oil, and cinnamon, and bring to a boil. Continue boiling for 2 minutes; do not stir.

In a large mixing bowl, combine oats and blueberries. Stir in honey mixture until thoroughly blended. Spread onto the prepared baking pan, gently pressing mixture flat. Bake until lightly browned, about 40 minutes. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into 1-1/2 by 3 inch bars.



Gluten-Free Granola Bars Recipe

recipe is ready in 30-60 minutes

Serves/Makes: 16

Ingredients:
3 cups crushed corn flakes
2 cups crisp rice cereal
1/2 cup sesame seed
1/2 cup sunflower seed
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup margarine or butter
10 ounces marshmallows

Directions:

Mix together cornflakes, rice cereal, sesame seed, sunflower seed, raisin and coconut in a large bowl. Melt margarine and marshmallows together over low heat. Add to other ingredients and stir until coated. Pat into a 9 x 13-inch buttered pan. Allow to cool and cut into bars. Wrap each bar in wrap or sandwich bags.




--Granola Bars

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup melted butter
3 teaspoons vanilla
4 1/2 cups oatmeal
3/4 cup coconut
3/4 cup sunflower seeds
1 1/4 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

Combine all ingredients thoroughly, spread onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350F for thirty minutes or so until golden brown.




Hiker Bars Recipe

Ready in: 30-60 minutes

Serves/Makes: 3 dozen

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Peanut butter, chunky
1/3 cup Butter
2 medium Bananas (mashed)
1/2 cup Molasses
1 cup Sugar
2 teaspoons Vanilla
4 Eggs
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Ginger
2/3 cup Flour, whole-wheat
1 1/3 cup Flour, white
4 cups Kellogg's Special K cereal (crushed)
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
6 ounces Chocolate chips
1 cup Peanuts, salted (chopped)
8 ounces Dates, chopped (or fewer)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Then by hand: In a large bowl cream together peanut butter and butter. Mix in bananas, molasses, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg.

Stir in the cereal. Sift together dry ingredients and mix into batter. Add chips, peanuts and dates. Pour batter into greased 9 x 13 pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree F. oven for 35 to 45 minutes. Cut into bars.

This recipe for Hiker Bars serves/makes 3 dozen




Soft Granola Bars Recipe

Ready in: 30-60 minutes

Serves/Makes: 40

Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 cups quick-cooking or old-fashioned rolled oats
1 1/2 cup flour
1 cup raisins or chocolate chips, optional
1 cup chopped nuts or flaked coconut
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
***Honey Glaze***
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons margarine or butter

Directions:

Heat oven to 350. Grease a 15x10" jellyroll pan. Using a spoon, mix together brown sugar, oil and eggs in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in oats, flour, raisins if desired, nuts, cinnamon, cloves, soda and salt. Using a spatula, spread mixture into prepared pan, patting evenly with your hands. Bake until center is set but not firm, 17-22 minutes. Cool 15 minutes.

Prepare Honey Glaze. Drizzle glaze evenly over granola mixture. Let cool completely and cut into bars. Bars can be stored, tightly covered, up to 2 weeks, or wrap tightly and freeze up to 6 months.

For Honey Glaze: Heat honey and margarine in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until margarine is melted and mixture is heated through.

This recipe for Soft Granola Bars serves/makes 40


credit for these recipes to CD Kitchen

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Making my own Granola - Several recipes and bit of advice from others

Some great hints here, included in article by Marlene Parrish (recipes below)

Baked Honey Granola

2 cups rolled oats, uncooked
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch salt
1/3 cup slivered almonds, chopped
1/4 cup honey, warmed to liquid
1/4 cup light olive oil (or 4 tablespoons butter, melted)
1/2 cup golden raisins or other dried fruit

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and almonds. In a glass measure, warm honey until it is no longer viscous. Add olive oil (or melted butter) to the honey and stir.

Drizzle the honey-oil over the dry ingredients and mix to combine. Spread the mixture on a baking sheet or in a 9-by-3-inch pan.

Bake granola until golden and crunchy, stirring once, anywhere from 15 to 25 minutes. It will depend on your pan. Stir in the raisins. Makes about 3 cups.

Big Batch Granola

1 box (6 cups) rolled oats
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup wheat germ
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup honey (or honey mixed with maple syrup)
1/3 cup oil, any kind
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup dried fruit, optional

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Combine the first 5 ingredients. Warm the honey, add the oil and vanilla. Drizzle the honey-oil over the dry ingredients and toss to coat. Spread the mixture onto 2 cookie sheets. Bake about 30 minutes until golden, stirring every 10 minutes.

When done, remove from oven and stir in dried fruit if used. As the granola cools, it will lose its stickiness and become crunchy. Makes about 9 cups.

Adele Davis' Grandaddy of Granolas

5 cups rolled oats
1 cup each of chopped almonds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, shredded coconut, soy flour, powdered milk (preferably non-instant), and wheat germ.
1 cup warmed honey
1 cup oil, any kind

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Combine dry ingredients. Combine honey and oil and drizzle over the dry ingredients tossing and coating. Spread the mixture on 2 cookie sheets and bake for 30 to 45 minutes until golden. Makes up to 12 cups, depending what you add or leave out.


Hints I took out of her article:

- Basic Recipe = rolled oats - fat- sweetner
- don't use quick cooking or instant oatmeal
- fat = melted butter, margarine, vegetable oil, olive oil
- sweetner = honey, syrup, sugar
- don't bake with dried fruits already mixed in as will cook up too hard to eat
- coconut flakes, seeds, nuts, dried fruits, cinnamon, hint of nutmeg and salt



Granola

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown
Show: Good Eats
Episode: Oat Cuisine


3 cups rolled oats
1 cup slivered almonds
1 cup cashews
3/4 cup shredded sweet coconut
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons maple syrup
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
In a large bowl, combine the oats, nuts, coconut, and brown sugar.
In a separate bowl, combine maple syrup, oil, and salt. Combine both mixtures and pour onto 2 sheet pans. Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes to achieve an even color.
Remove from oven and transfer into a large bowl. Add raisins and mix until evenly distributed.





Some recipes for granola without wheat germ, maybe you are interested

Granola Bars

1 1/2 c. Bisquick baking mix
1 1/2 c. quick cooking oats
1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. margarine or butter, softened
1 egg
1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips,
raisins or chopped nuts

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together except chocolate
chips until moistened. Stir in chocolate chips. Press mixture evenly in
ungreased 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake until center is set, 15 to 17 minutes.



Simple Granola Bars

* 1/2 cup margarine
* 8 packets (or more if you wish) low calorie sweetener
* 1 1/2 cup quick rolled oats
* 1/4 cup light corn syrup
* 1/2 cup chopped dates
* 1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
* 1/4 cup roughly chopped peanuts

- Place margarine in an 8-inch square, microwave-safe baking dish. Microwave until the butter is melted.

- Stir in sweeteners until dissolved. Stir in the rest of the ingredients. Press the mixture firmly into the dish.

- Microwave for three to five minutes or until lightly browned.

- Let the cookies cool and then cut them into bars with a sharp knife. Wrap them individually to pack in a lunch.



Sugar Free Almond Granola Bars

Yield: 16 Servings

1 1/2 c Rolled oats
1/4 c Oat bran
1/4 c Finely chopped almonds
1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
2 tb Vegetable oil plus
1 ts Vegetable oil
1/3 c Honey or Fruitjuice Concentrate
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
1/4 ts Almond extract

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray.
Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Combine remaining ingredients and add to dry mixture.
Mix until all ingredients are moistened.
Press mixture into a rectangular shape 7 inches wide and
nine inches long. (Wet hands or use one hand and a damp
spoon.)
Bake about 12 minutes.
Remove from oven and cut into 16 bars using a sharp knife.
Separate bars slightly and return to oven for 3 to 5
minutes more.
The browner the bottom of the bars, the crisper they will
be when cool.
The edges will crumble slightly when cut - set aside for
a snack.
Remove to a wire rack to cool.

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