Fruit And Nut Granola Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup chopped nuts (i use walnuts, almonds and a small handful of sunflower seeds)
• 1 cup chopped dried fruit (i use dried apricots and dried cherries)
• 1/2 cup honey
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter (optional)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease an 8x8 glass pan.
• 3 place nuts and oats on a baking sheet, and bake for about 12 minutes or until lightly toasted.
• 4 while oats and nuts are toasting, place in a saucepan over medium heat the honey, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, cinnamon and salt.
• 5 stir until the mixture bubbles, and keep it boiling and stirring for about 2 minutes.
• 6 when oats and nuts come out of the oven, turn it down to 325.
• 7 take the pan off the heat, and when the oats are finished, pour them right into the saucepan and mix to combine honey mixture evenly.
• 8 stir in the chopped dried fruit.
• 9 press mixture into the glass pan with the back of a spoon - it will be pretty sticky.
• 10 bake at 325 for 20 minutes, and let cool completely before cutting.
• 11 wrapped in saran wrap, these will keep for at least a couple of weeks!