CHEWY GRANOLA BARS
Ingredients
350g porridge oats
100g wholemeal flour
120g mixed nuts, toasted and chopped. (Pecans, walnuts and brazils)
150g dried fruit (raisins and cranberries dusted with cinnamon)
75g rapadura sugar ?g soft brown sugar)
5ml baking powder
325g honey
250g butter
5ml vanilla essence
Serves: 16 chunky bars
Source: allrecipes.com
Method
Preheat oven to 160C.
Toast the nuts lightly
Grease and line with grease proof paper a 33x23cm swiss roll type tray.
Mix oats, flour, baking powder, dried fruit and nuts together in a large bowl.
Melt butter and sugar with vanilla and honey until all the butter has melted, stir well and add to the dry ingredients. Mix well.
Spoon the mix into the prepared tray. Spread out evenly and press down firmly.
Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.
Leave to cool for 10 minutes, then cut into bars in the tray (any size you like mine are about 8x5cm.)
Leave to go cold before lifting from the tray.
Eat.
