I love this granola bar recipe. As demonstrated by the "magic cookie bar" incident in Voter Suite D, this recipe can be tweaked quite a bit and the bars will still, magically, taste good. Here is the general idea:Ingredients
2 C oats
3/4 C brown sugar (I use 1/3-1/2 C)
1/2 C wheat germ
1 C flour (or use whole wheat flour and skip the wheat germ)
3/4 t cinnamon
3/4 C raisins/craisins/almonds/peanuts/etc. (I use more than 1 C)
3/4 t salt
1/2 C honey
1 egg, beaten
1/2 C veggie oil (or applesauce)
2 t vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 9x13 pan.
- Get a large bowl and mix the dry ingredients (incl. fruit and nuts). Make a well in the center and add the liquid ingredients.
- Best part - mix with your hands! Then pat into the pan.
- Lick your fingers. Yum.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes, until bars are golden. DON'T OVERBAKE! This is really easy to do. After you take the bars out, let them cool a little, but don't wait too long to cut them or they will be tough to cut (especially if you OVERBAKED them).
For the magic cookie bar recipe (because I know you're all wondering), you basically do all of the above except you leave out like 5 ingredients and substitute whatever you have in your kitchen cabinet. Then you bake them in an oven in Vermont and take them hiking with your girlfriends. I think that's the part that makes them magic, because magic isn't actually listed as an ingredient...
that last part made me tear up a little. and then i looked around sheepishly and realized i shouldn't be food-blogging at the office. and then i looked around and realized that i bet no one has ever officially said that food-blogging at the office is forbidden. so there. i can cry as much as i want.
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