The first thing we will try our hand at making is granola bars. More her decision than mine, but than we do buy those a lot and they are not so cheap. This is the recipe we are going to use:
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Granola Bars
4 cups oatmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Cup brown sugar
1/2 Cup honey
1 stick butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 and 1/2 Cups nuts, if desired
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together oatmeal, salt, brown sugar in one bowl, set aside. In another bowl, mix honey, butter, vanilla, and nuts. Then combine the two mixtures. Pour into a greased square casserole dish. Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool then cut into squares.
Suggestions: You can add marshmallows, any kind of nuts that you like, chocolate baking chips or caramels, coconut, chocolate,etc. Anything that your child likes in their granola bars. If your child likes the chocolate coating, just melt your chocolate then pour over the mixture in the dish. Then bake.
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Chewy Granola Bars
4 1/2 cups Quaker oats
1 cup of flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, flour, baking soda, vanilla, butter, honey, and brown sugar. Stir in chocolate chips. Lightly press mixture into lightly greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 10 minutes and then cut into bars.
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I was thinking if this turns out- what a wonderful way to cut down on our snack budget at the store and a great way for the kids to make snacks they really like, by adding their own choice of ingredients. I love that my kids enjoy cooking and creating culinary masterpieces. It really does seem like alot of this becoming lost in this day and age.
2 comments:
How did the granola work out? We have made homemade granola one time. The kids LOVED it.
They love going to Whole Foods(grocery store). They sell 7 different kinds of granola in bulk.
It went so well that we can now scratch buying them in the stores. Woo Hoo! They really loved that they got to choose their own ingredient extras. I suppose that it helped that I allowed mashmallows,little candies, and peanuts.
Now they are want ot find more of this kind of stuff to make more of their favorite treats. We did try making fruit roll-ups a long time ago, but it just didn't turn out right-so still looking for an idea that will work on that one.
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