Last week, I tried to make some granola bars. (Side note: I love granola bars. Love them!) In college, my roommate always said that a granola bar was equal to a cookie in nutritional value. I am going to try to make a semi-healthy granola bar. I have searched (not too hard) for granola bar recipes on line. First step in the instruction says, "Preheat..." I stop reading as soon as I see Preheat. Or the ingredient list is ridiculous (for someone living in South Korea), so I do not even make it to the Preheat part.
My dear friend, Amanda emailed me a recipe that had no sugar in it. So I decided to give it a try. This is what I got:
Not so much?
The main problem was getting the mixture to set up.
This is what I tried: "toast" 2 cups of oatmeal. By toast, I really mean, put 2 cups of oatmeal in a pan on a stove and stir occasionally while getting the other ingredients ready. This is how I make toast, so I thought I would give it a try? I have no idea if it worked. Anywho, then I dumped the "toasted" oatmeal into a bowl.
I poured a half cup of PB (yes, I know PB has sugar in it) and half a cup on honey into the pan and stirred it together over low (or med-low?) heat. Once it seemed mixed together pretty well, I dumped the
Don't get me wrong, it tasted great. However, the granola bar texture was not really there AND you had to eat it with a spoon. Not so much for grab and go...
There has to be a first time for everything, right? Hopefully attempt 2 will go better.
If you have a no-bake granola bar recipe, share it please! Thank you :)
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