Hey Guys. As I am typing this post it is snowing, much as it has been doing all winter so far. When I woke up this morning and looked out my window, I noticed that our almost melted yard, had once again become a winter wonderland. Since I knew that I wouldn't be going out and about anytime soon, I decided over my morning cup of Raspberry tea, that I would cook something for you all. The recipe that I decided on is super easy and makes a great breakfast and snack food.
On the menu today, is my Granola Bar Bites recipe. The process is really simple and quick actually.
Ingredients:
* 3 cups of Oats
* 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
* 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons of honey (I normally use maple syrup, but today I was out and only had honey on hand. Either works fine but just remember that both have a very different taste in comparison. It is still yummy but use whichever works for you.)
*1/4 cup of vegetable oil (I used this ingredient today, but in the past I have added Apple Sauce when that was the only thing I had to substitute. I personally love to use Apple Sauce, as I think it makes it more moist and a little bit more healthy. My Nanny, makes the best homemade Apple Sauce each canning season, so I think that this is the best kind of "sauce" to use. This substitution is another that just depends on the cook, but just to be noted, I used vegetable oil in this batch.)
*3/4 teaspoon of salt
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Process:
*First preheat your oven to 250 degrees.
* For this recipe, you will need 2 bowls. One to contain your dry ingredients (the oats and brown sugar) and another to contain the wet ingredients (the honey/or maple syrup, vegetable oil/or apple sauce, and also the salt).
*For each bowl you will need to mix the contents in that bowl and then add all of your contents together.
*Once everything is mixed together, pull out a baking sheet, pour your granola bar bites onto it and pop it in the oven. Cook the granola for 1 hour and 15 minutes. You will need to "stir" your granola every 15 minutes. By "stir," I mean that you will basically need to keep the granola from sticking to the baking sheet. I usually take a wooden spoon and just stir it around. Note: You may see that your granola bar bites take a while to thicken. This is common and in the last 15-30 minutes of cook time, you will notice that it should thicken up noticeably during this time frame.
* After the cook time, let your granola cool and then cut it into bite size pieces.
Doesn't this look yummy!?!?! I think so. These bites make, like I said, a great breakfast or even a snack to take on the go. Since, I made mine after breakfast this morning, I decided that I would enjoy this treat for lunch. So I decided to pair a couple of bites with a banana and a clementine orange. Let me just tell you that I have officially become obsessed with these oranges. My mom recently purchased a small crate of them from our local supermarket for our family to enjoy and as you would know it, we are the only ones that will eat any of them (and we have almost eaten all of them... lol). I eat them every meal and I am pretty sure that if I keep this behavior up, I may just turn into a clementine orange myself. Ha! Well, I hope that you guys will try this recipe out and leave me a comment about how your attempt worked out. Happy cooking and enjoy these pictures of my winter wonderland day so far.
XOXO,
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We have more snow!
ReplyDeletelooks like a possible snow day tomorrow as well.