If any of you have a picky eater, you know how important it is when they find something they really like. Especially when said child could use any extra calories they could get. Unfortunately, one of those said foods is not available here in Japan. Cody loves the Sunbelt brand granola bars. We have other brands but they just don't cut it and he has been quite disappointed that we don't have them here (thank you Lauri for sending some). I remembered a couple of months ago a friend of mine (thank you, Katherine!) taught me how to make granola bars. She made them for her family because her son has a peanut allergy. So I decided to give them a try. Let me tell you they were a huge hit! Not only were they yummy but they were pretty easy too. They passed the Cody test!
Granola Bars
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup wheat germ
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup all-purpose flour (you can use whole wheat)
½ cup chocolate chips
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup canola oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F . Line 9x13 glass dish with foil. Spray with Pam.
In a large bowl, mix together the oats, brown sugar, flax seed, cinnamon, flour, raisins and salt. Make a well in the center, and pour in the honey, egg, oil and vanilla. Mix well using your hands. Pat the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.
Bake for 20 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until the bars begin to turn golden at the edges. Cool for 5 minutes, then cut into bars while still warm. Do not allow the bars to cool completely before cutting, or they will be too hard to cut. Once cooled wrap individually in plastic wrap.
Notes:
For Peanut Butter Granola bars, add 1/2 peanut butter to the wet ingredients and substitute honey for corn syrup.
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