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Submitted by Manda
"I "borrowed" this recipe from the kitchen at my college because I fell in love with these bars. They are so much better than store-bought, and you can add or subtract ingredients as you wish. They make a perfect on-the-go snack; a much healthier alternative to chips or cookies, especially for kids (Great for lunch boxes!)"
photo by Jonathan Melendez 
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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16 bars
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ingredients
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/4-1/2 cup margarine, softened
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄4 cups crisp rice cereal (Rice Krispies)
- 1 cup chopped almonds
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 1⁄2 cups rolled oats
- raisins (optional)
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directions
- Preheat oven to 350° and lightly grease or spray 9 x 13 pan.
- In large bowl, beat brown sugar, sugar, and butter until light and fluffy.
- Blend in honey, vanilla and egg.
- In separate bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
- Add flour mixture gradually to sugar mixture and beat until combined.
- By hand, stir in almonds, chocolate chips and oats until well mixed.
- Press mixture firmly in bottom of greased pan, and bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes, or until light golden brown.
- Cool and cut into squares.
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Reviews
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This is a most excellent recipe. My family said they were better than any granola bar from a store! Very easy to make. You could do it with your kids if you have some. Note: I cut the sugar to 1 cup and used organic, I used whole wheat pastry flour instead of white, used only half the chocolate chips and replaced the other half with coconut.Nevertheless! Chewy, moist, and flavorful and very sweet! A big must if you're looking for that granola bar! Thanks!
Narshmellow
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This was fantastic. I made a few changes to make it a bit more healthy. I reduced the sugar to 3/4c of brown sugar, added only a tbsp of honey, 1/2 c of chocolate chips, used whole wheat flour, and instead of rice crispies I used the Original Fiber One cereal. Cooked for only 17 minutes. They're great!
Red Rampage
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This recipe is fabulous. My husband gobbled up the bars that I made for the kids!
merlendale merlenda
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Another substitution review...sorry...but we are trying to cut down on sugar and eat healthier and this looked like a great recipe to play with! I used 1/2 cup unpacked brown sugar, 1 tbsp honey, no white sugar, 1/2 cup applesauce and only 1 tbsp butter. Instead of rice krispies, I used a multigrain kashi cereal because that is what I had on hand. I also used white whole wheat flour and 1/2 of the chocolate chips. I used 1/2 cup chopped cashew, almond and pecans and I threw in about 1/4 cup of ground flax seed. I'm sure the original recipe is awesome, because my concoction was really good! Thanks for posting such a versatile recipe!
mrsfernie
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My family loves these granola bars. As suggested by others, I used less sugar (about 3/4 cup brown sugar, no white sugar) and they were excellent. They're a special lunchbox treat for my son :)
nmock
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Tweaks
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I doubled recipe and used a lasagna pan. Used only brown sugar and only 1 cup for the entire pan. Added pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, raisins, rice crispies and only a few chocolate chips. used half white flour and half whole wheat flour. YUMMY I find whole wheat flour has a more nutty flavour.
heathermom
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I make this all the time and always get great reviews. I substitute white chocolate chips for regular chocolate and dried cranberries for the raisins. I also add flax seed, too. Sometimes I will use 1/4 cup of butter and a 1/4 cup of applesauce. Thanks for posting this recipe!!!
pierogie
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Another substitution review...sorry...but we are trying to cut down on sugar and eat healthier and this looked like a great recipe to play with! I used 1/2 cup unpacked brown sugar, 1 tbsp honey, no white sugar, 1/2 cup applesauce and only 1 tbsp butter. Instead of rice krispies, I used a multigrain kashi cereal because that is what I had on hand. I also used white whole wheat flour and 1/2 of the chocolate chips. I used 1/2 cup chopped cashew, almond and pecans and I threw in about 1/4 cup of ground flax seed. I'm sure the original recipe is awesome, because my concoction was really good! Thanks for posting such a versatile recipe!
mrsfernie
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Per the other reviews, I used omitted the white sugar. We are allergic to nuts so I substituted Grape Nut cereal for the almonds, and whole wheat flour. Tasted like a cookie, very sweet. Next time I will reduce the amount of brown sugar to 3/4 cup and up the rice crispie cereal to 2 cups because that adds a little airy crunch. We had it for a dessert after dinner. I suggested reducing the amount of chocolate chips but the kids said NO. Thank you for a great recipe.
Nado2003
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I made these last night for DD to take to a lacrosse game for her and her friends. These are excellent. I wrapped them up in waxed paper and they are a great take along treat. I didn't use the raisins and subbed butterscotch chips for the chocolate ones. Delicious. Thank you for sharing with us.
Stephanie S.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Manda
Glen Burnie, MD
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I am a single gal, living on my own; currently working as an Occupational Therapist & living in Cumberland, MD. (It is "God's Country" out here...beautiful!) I LOVE to cook and bake, and love anything that looks, tastes, smells, or even closely resembles a veggie. I LOVE moo-cows, and therefore, cannot bring myself to eat any part of the adorable critters (i.e. NO RED MEAT!!) I love the outdoors, and pride myself on being the master griller on the fire pit. My mother's side of the family is 100% Polish, so I have an inborn passion for cooking...unfortunately, along with that comes a love of eating, too!! But, hey..u only live once, so I say "EAT, DRINK, and BE MERRY!!!"
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