Homemade Granola bars

Making your granola bars at home, from scratch allows you to control the ingredients you are offering your family. They are more delicious, nutritious and more economical! Plus it is extremely quick and easy to do! So gather your ingredients and give it a try!

Ingredients:

4 Cups Oats

1 Cup nuts ( your choice, I usually use pecans)

1 Tablespoon of neutral baking oil ( I use coconut or peanut)

3 Cups off whatever add-ins you would like it can be any combination of chocolate chips/chunks, chopped nuts, dried fruit, or rice cereal

1 Stick butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup honey

1/2 nut butter ( optional)

1 Teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Toss oats and nuts in oil and spread onto a lined sheet pan

2. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes until toasted, stirring halfway through

3. Remove from oven and pour oat mixture into a large bowl

4. Add your other add-in ingredients to the oats, reserving any chocolate pieces for later ( they will melt if you add them in now, if you want them to melt you can add them but if you want them to stay in chunk form, set them aside)

5. In a sauce pan, over medium heat, combine butter, sugar and honey

6. Whisk continuously until it all melts together and starts to bubble

7. Remove from heat

8. Add nut butter if using, and vanilla

9. Whisk well until smooth

10. Pour over oat mixture

11. Combine the ingredients thoroughly

12. Add in chocolate pieces if using

13. Press mixture into a lined 1/4 sheet pan or comparable sized rectangular dish

14. Press firmly to compact ingredients together tightly

15. Chill in refrigerator two hours or until firm

16. Cut into bars

17. Enjoy!