Chewy Coconut Granola Bars Food

CHOCOLATE-CHERRY-COCONUT GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with a piece of parchment paper that is large enough to go up all sides of the pan.
• Combine oats, rice cereal, coconut, almonds, and cherries in a large mixing bowl and set aside.
• Combine honey, peanut butter, brown sugar, coconut oil, vanilla extract, and salt in a small saucepan. Heat over medium heat until brown sugar is melted; continue to simmer for 1 minute more. Pour heated mixture into the dry ingredients and stir to fully combine. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Pour granola into the prepared baking pan and press firmly with a nonstick spatula or lightly oiled hands to tightly compact and distribute evenly throughout.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Remove from the refrigerator and slice into 20 equal portions. Tightly wrap individually in plastic wrap or serve immediately.

CHEWY COCONUT GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275.
• In a very large bowl mix together oats, wheat bran, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and flax seeds.
• Combine in a sauce pan olive oil,honey, vanilla, brown sugar, and salt.
• Heat on medium heat until all are dissolved and form a "syrup".
• Pour the "syrup" into the bowl of dry ingredients and mix very well, try to ensure every piece is evenly coated, stir, smash, stir.
• When all is mixed well stir in coconut and raisins.
• Put half of mixture into a glass 9x13 baking dish and spread evenly without packing down.
• If you have two glass dishes you can bake both at once.
• Bake at 275 for 40 minutes, then leaving pans in oven, turn up oven to 325 and bake for another 12-15 minutes.
• Stir granola just once when it comes out and leave it alone to cool, if there are clumps do not break them up.
• Allow to COOL COMPLETELY before removing from pan or serving.
• Store in an airtight container or gallon size freezer bags.
• Serve with milk or soy milk or rice milk as you would breakfast cereal.

CHEWY GRANOLA BAR (NO NUTS, PEANUTS, SEEDS OR COCONUT

Steps:

• Please note, recipe uses kaniwa, not quinoa, as kaniwa does not contain saponin and doesn't need to be rinsed before cooking. Please replace quinoa with kaniwa.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spread oats evenly onto ungreased baking sheet, do same for kaniwa.
• Bake both for 10-15 minutes until oats is toasty brown.
• Pour oats and kaniwa into large mixing bowl.
• Line 8x8 or 9x9 pan with non stick foil or parchment paper.
• In saucepan combine brown sugar, honey, vanilla and oil. Bring to slow boil over medium heat while stirring occassionally.
• Pour liquid mixture over oats and kaniwa. Add the dried fruit to the oats and kaniwa bowl and mix until coated.
• Put content into prepared pan and pressed firmly into place with a piece of wax or parchment.
• Remove paper. Sprinkle mini chocolate chips over mixture. Use same wax or parchment paper and press firmly into pan. Leave paper in place and let cool for about 1 hour.
• Remove granola from pan and cut into 16 pieces with a sharp knife. Put 2 bars in each snack bag and refrigerate until you are ready to eat.

CHEWY COCONUT GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 250.
• Coat a 9X13 metal baking pan with cooking spray.
• Dust with the 2 tsp all purpose white flour.
• Measure the 2/3 c white flour and the whole wheat flour into a bowl with the baking powdeer and salt.
• Combine sugar and next 3 ingredients (through eggs) into a large bowl and beat with mixer on high speed until smooth.
• Add flour mixture beating at low speed until blended.
• Fold in granola and chopped fruit.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan and sprinkle with coconut.
• Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until golden.
• Cool completely in pan on a wire rack then cut into bars.

CHEWY GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and lightly grease or spray 9 x 13 pan.
• In large bowl, beat brown sugar, sugar, and butter until light and fluffy.
• Blend in honey, vanilla and egg.
• In separate bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
• Add flour mixture gradually to sugar mixture and beat until combined.
• By hand, stir in almonds, chocolate chips and oats until well mixed.
• Press mixture firmly in bottom of greased pan, and bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes, or until light golden brown.
• Cool and cut into squares.