After ordering a particularly tasty granola bar at Starbucks last week I decided that I could probably recreate something similar at home for less money and fewer calories. Finding that I still have some leftover brown rice syrup from that batch of Glo Bars I made I knew that was the way to go.
I give you my own personal Sticky Fruit & Seed Granola Bars.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups whole oats
- 1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup sultana raisins
- 1/4 cup chopped and toasted almonds
- 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup hulled hemp seeds
- big sprinkle cinnamon
- 1/2 cup brown rice syrup
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp real vanilla extract
- huge squirt honey (maybe 3 tbsp?)
Directions:
- Mix all dry ingredients together (toast almonds in dry pan if necessary) in big bowl.
- Heat syrup, butter, and vanilla in non-stick pot over med-high heat. Bring to boil, stirring frequently, reduce to simmer for a few minutes. Don’t let it burn!
- Pour hot syrup mixture over dry mixture. Add huge squirt of honey. Stir until all combined.
- Spread into a sprayed and lined 8x8 cake pan. Press down using sprayed wax paper (this is sticky stuff!!) until firm. Cover with sprayed wax paper and put in freezer to set.
- Watch 30 minutes of Big Brother, then remove from freezer. Use the pan liner to lift whole piece from pan. Cut into 16 pieces.
- Enjoy!! Keep refrigerated. Ooey, gooey, sticky, crumbly goodness. :)
11 comments:
mmmmm...sounds good! I really admire the way you wanted to recreate those bars and then just did it! I have no kitchen confidence. Maybe I should give it a shot sometime :)
Mmmm those sound delish (minus the almonds for nut-free me...arg!)
Maybe one day I will get adventurous and make these guys on my own!!!
OMG those look ridiculously delicious, I may be adventurous and give this a try!
Thanks buddy for your comment ;-)
I'm due to make a batch of something and these look like a good place to start :-)
this just confirms that i need to make bars immediately - do you happen to have the recipe to the other bars you made - the glo ones? if so, would you please send it to me on fb? thanks!
Ohh can't wait to make a batch of these!
I've been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to make these and today was finally the day. I have to say, they were amazing!! It was so hard to limit myself to just one! My kids approved too. :-)
Hey Jaime! I tried making these tonight. They're delicious but came out really really sweet. I followed the recipie exactly except I omitted the hemp and swapped out peanut butter for butter (not doing dairy right now). There also seemed to be a lot of the rice syrup on the bottom of them. Any thoughts? Maybe reduce the syrup? Thanks!!
PS - These were fabulously easy to make. I love how quick they are to do!
Just made my first batch, first of many!! They are delicious. Much better than the one I had at Starbucks that made me look for a recipe! My husband will be lucky if there are any left for him to try!!
Thanks a bunch
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