Hawaiian Chewy Granola Food

CHEWY GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the oats, flour, baking soda, vanilla, butter or margarine, honey and brown sugar. Stir in the 2 cups assorted chocolate chips, raisins, nuts etc.
• Lightly press mixture into the prepared pan. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 10 minutes then cut into bars. Let bars cool completely in pan before removing or serving.

ALOHA HAWAIIAN GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Prepare a 10 x 15 inch baking sheet with a generous coating of cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir together oats, brown sugar, wheat germ, coconut, nuts, and both seeds.
• In a small saucepan, heat canola oil, honey and vanilla until just bubbling. Pour hot mixture over oat mixture and mix thoroughly.
• Spread granola evenly over prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 20 to 30 minutes until coconut is lightly browned - stir granola around at least twice during the cooking time.
• Remove from oven and add the dried pineapple pieces. Continue to stir up the granola as you allow it to cool a few minutes.
• Store in airtight container until ready to serve.

CHEWY, NUTTY, HEALTHY GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square baking dish.
• Stir peanut butter and melted butter together in a bowl until smooth. Add brown sugar, honey, corn syrup, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and salt; stir. Mix applesauce into peanut butter mixture.
• Combine oats and flour in a bowl; toss to coat oats with flour. Stir peanuts and raisins into oat mixture. Pour peanut butter mixture over the oat mixture; stir to coat completely. Spread mixture into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and continue baking until chocolate melts and edges begin to brown, about 5 minutes more. Spread melted chocolate chips with the back of a spoon or a rubber spatula to coat the top. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

CHEWY GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together the oats, rice cereal, chocolate chips, coconut, sunflowers, peanuts, raisins, wheat germ, and sesame seeds.
• In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine the marshmallows, peanut butter, butter, corn syrup and vanilla.
• Microwave the marshmallow mixture at 70% power for 2-3 minutes, stirring often until well-blended.
• Quicky stir the dry ingredients in to the marshmallow mixture. You'll have to work quickly as the mix will get gooey fast.
• Spread into a greased 13-in. X 9-in. X 2-in. baking pan. To flatten the granola bars, I spray the BOTTOM of a second baking pan with cooking spray, nest this second pan on top of the pan with the mix and press down hard.
• Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15-20 minutes.
• Cool and cut into 24 bars.