Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

By devogirl

If you can’t bear giving your kids chocolate chips first thing in the morning (my husband always gets tweaked when he sees the kids eating these at 8am), you can easily replace them with naturally sweet dried fruit like cranberries, cherries or raisins. My feeling is if my kids are going to have chocolate at all I would rather it be at the beginning of the day than right before they go to bed.

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Ingredients

• 4 Cups Old Fashioned Oats
• 1/4 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
• 1/2 Cup Shredded Unsweetened Coconut
• 1/3 Cup Brown Sugar
• 1 Cup Chocolate Chips*
• 1/2 Tsp Kosher Salt
• 1/2 Cup Canola Oil
• 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 Cup Honey
• You can substitute raisins or other dried fruit for the chocolate chips.

Details

Cooking time 40mins

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 325 F.
2. Combine the first 6 ingredients in a bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients.
4. Pour the wet ingredients over the oat mixture and stir to combine.
5. Place granola mixture on a parchment lined baking sheet and shape into a rectangle, about 13 x 9 x 1 inch thick.
6. Bake for 40 minutes.
7. Allow to cool for 10 minutes then cut into 3 x 1 inch bars.**
8. Serve.


** Individually wrapped, the bars will remain fresh for several weeks.