Recipe
of the Month
Granola Bars
3 cups
quick-cooking oats
1 cup crisp rice
cereal
1 cup raw,
unsalted sunflower seeds
¼ cup sesame seeds
or hemp seeds
½ cup semi-sweet
mini chocolate chips or coconut
1 cup finely
chopped dried apricots or mango
1 cup chopped
dried cranberries or raisins
3/4 cup butter at
room temperature
½ cup packed brown
sugar
½ cup golden corn
syrup
1 ½ tsp vanilla
½ tsp. Salt
In large bowl,
stir together oats, cereal, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and chocolate
chips. Add apricots and cranberries;
mix well and set aside.
In another large
bowl, beat butter, sugar, corn syrup
vanilla and salt
until smooth. Add oat mixture and stir
until
blended. Press evenly into greased 15
½
x 10 ½ x 1”
jelly roll
pan. Bake at 350 for 18 min.or until
light brown.
Cut into
bars.
