Granola Bars

I added 1/2 c bran and it solved the issue of falling apart.

This recipe is not it. Made it exactly according to the recipe, but added chocolate chips on top and the bars just fell apart. It might make for a good yogurt topping, but definitely not granola bars. There is no way to eat the “bars” without them falling apart. Extremely disappointed.

Tasted great. I subbed the honey for maple like it said you could. I cooked for 8 minutes so they could be chewy. Mine fell almost completely apart. I will try again with honey. Really disappointed because I wanted to take a healthy treat to my pregnant daughter.

Great recipe – I make this every Sunday to last us through the week. I cut the honey in half and skip the vanilla (too sweet for us!), and add more peanut butter to make up for it. I also use roughly chopped unsalted mixed nuts and pepitas instead of the coconut to make it more filling. And I bake for 6-7 minutes at the end so they still hold their shape. Thanks for the recipe!

These were really easy to make and very tasty! I look forward to trying different variations! I did find that scoring them while still warm did help with cutting them.

This recipe is SO easy. I’ve made it several times and the bars turn out perfect every time!

When fully baked these bars are almost identical to a KIND bar. So, I microwaved mine for 25 seconds to soften a little, a personal preference. I would recommend cutting them straight out of the oven before cooling. I cut mine after cooling and they were crumbly in spots. Also, I found the honey a bit overpowering, so I may try maple syrup instead. Definitely an adaptable recipe in which I can see adding nuts, dried fruit, and/or substituting other nut butters for the peanut butter.

I added cashews, walnuts, chia seeds, wheat germ and pumpkin seeds, decreasing the oats accordingly. I also added cinnamon and dried cranberries. It was a bit too sweet, but I liked the granola mixture I made. Perhaps if I had left out the cranberries, it wouldn’t have tasted so sweet.

Loved this recipe as a base, although I changed it up a lot. Added tahini instead of peanut butter, increased quantities of shredded coconut to 1 c, increased nuts (used cashews) to 1 c., added maple syrup, tahini, date paste, rose water, vanilla, and honey to the liquid heat step.

Very easy and delicious! They’re a little sweet, but held together pretty well. I baked at 300 with convection for 8 min and cut soon after removing from oven, pressing back down into the pan to cool. Next time I will reduce the oats a little and add chopped nuts.

Great taste. It was a hit with my kids and my co-workers. Only thing I tweaked was I substituted one cup of oats for a cup of granola with dried fruits.

Love this recipe. It is easy to make. I scored the bars when they were warm and cut them into rectangles once they were almost cool. I’m going to try substituting cranberries for the coconut.

I loved this recipie! I added dried cranberries and chocolate chips and left out the coconut. next time I will mix everything and let it cool before I add the chocolate chips, the warm oat meal melted them and coated everything in chocolate.

I love this recipe! My only reason for 4 stars is that the granola bars really fell apart when I tried to cut them into shape. They just crumbled everywhere. They are delicious though! I am making them for a 2nd time right now and I added more peanut butter this time. Thanks for the great recipe!!!

not much added sugars and yet so delicious!

Yummy

This was a fantastic base recipe. I wanted to find something that would get me as close as possible to the Sunbelt brand chewy chocolate chip granola bars, as they have just that hint of coconut and are perfectly crispy-chewy. To get me there, though, I needed to make a few tweaks… First of all, I substituted the peanut butter for 2-3 tablespoons of salted butter. (As a chef of 13 years, I have learned that there is never a reason to use unsalted butter. The little bit of salt accentuates any flavor that much more, without making anything too salty. When it cools it really helps bind, and helps moisten, so the bars don’t become as dry and crumbly as peanut butter *can* sometimes become. More importantly than that, unlike peanut butter, the butter did not overpower the delicately sweet, malty flavor of the granola, and I was able to taste the honey as well. For me, peanut butter tends to overpower those subtle flavors that I love. Next, I substituted 2/3 cup of oats with (off brand) rice crispies cereal. This was such a delightful texture game-changer, and even made them easier to slice into than when I’ve made granola with just oats or similar grains. I baked for only 10 minutes, because as the recipe says, closer to 15 and you’re getting a harder, crunchier bar. I like mine chewy. Since I am a backpacker and wanted additional protein and calories that I was missing without the peanut butter, I added a bunch of yummy seeds as well… Chia and flax,

my bars never got hard enough to cut they just crumbled can anyone tell me what went wrong

Perfect. I added sunflower seeds, flaxseeds, raisins and chocolate chips. It was a winner in our house! Don’t cook it for 15 minutes unless you want it crisp.

As others have stated: This is a good basic recipe which can be made much better with a few changes. I used about 3/4 cup of honey and 3 tbsp peanut butter. I added a handful of coarsely chopped pecans which I put on the baking sheet with the oats & coconut, about 20 chocolate chips and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. I pressed half the oatmeal mix in the baking dish, sprinkled the choc chips and then pressed the remainder of the oatmeal mix on top. I baked them for TEN minutes as suggested, and that seemed to be perfect. I’m thinking those that ended up with granola might want to refrigerate the baked bars after they cool. Mine were crumbly, too, until I did this. After refrigeration, they were easy to cut into bars….no more crumbles. Also, pressing them into the baking dish might have helped. I love these and will def make them again!

These turned out great. I took the advice in the comments and only baked them for 8 minutes, did a first cut while they were still warm, then finished cutting and removing individual bars when they were cool. They were pleasantly chewy and held together really well! (I was also short of honey so I subbed in corn syrup to top it up — not particularly healthy but my husband has the metabolism of a cheetah so no biggie this time around.) I’m making them again today and will use all honey and add some cranberries and almonds. Great recipe!