Real Good Honey Granola Bars

By: Annie Emery

Packaged granola bars are a great grab and go snack, but unfortunately many of them have so many preservatives and sugar that they look more like a candy bar. If you have 35 minutes you can prepare a week’s worth of bars, just double the recipe I have here.

Ingredients

• 2.5 Cups oats
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 Cup coconut oil or canola oil
• 1/3 Cup honey
• 1/4 Cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Heat oven to 350*F. Line an 8×8 square pan with parchment paper, leaving a bit of overhang on 2 sides.

Place 2 cups of oats in a large bowl, and quickly food process the remaining half to a rough flour. Stir this in the bowl of oats along with baking soda and salt.

If using coconut oil, microwave it until it becomes liquid. Stir in honey, sugar, and vanilla and then add to the bowl of dry, mixing completely. Spread evenly into a pan, pressing down firmly.

Bake for 25 minutes, then cool for 10 minutes on a rack. Remove the parchment paper easily using the overhangs, then cut into rectangles while still warm. Let cool completely so they can crisp up.

Enjoy!