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It’s another blustery afternoon here in the Pacific Northwest!  Great day for baking. My daughter has been begging for granola bars for several days, so today is the day that I did the final test on the recipe that I have been fooling with over the past several weeks.  This recipe makes 14 to 18 good sized granola bars.  The recipe below has chocolate chips.  I tend to avoid chocolate and use carob chips, but I’ve also made the recipe with raisens and they all work well!  The picture below show the version that I’ve made that has carob chips and is decorated with some hershey kisses.  I also cut the granola bars in half for little fingers.

Chewy Oatmeal Granola Bars

Chewy Oatmeal Granola Bars

4 1/2 cups rolled oats

1 cup flour (I used spelt flour but wheat flour is fine)

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup canola oil

2/3 cup honey

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (or carob chips or raisens)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.  Grease a 9×13 inch pan (I forgot to do this every time and had no sticking problems).  I used a 9×13 inch glass pyrex baking dish.  I didn’t try the recipe in a metal backing pan.  In a large mixing bowl combine the oats, flour and baking soda.  In a smaller bowl combine the oil, brown sugar and honey and heat for 30 seconds or so in the microwave to soften up the honey and brown sugar.  (this step is probably not necessary, but I found the the ingredients combined easier when the honey was softer!) Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix well by hand.  Add the chips or raisens and mix to distribute evenly.  Press the mixture into the 9X13 pan.  Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until lightly brown.  Let cool for 10 minutes and then cut into bars.  (I found that a pizza cutter worked better for this than a knife) Do not remove from the pan until completely cooled.  The consistency of the bars is much different when cooled completely!

Enjoy!

Chewy Oatmeal Granola bars