Homemade Nut & Fruit Granola Bars

I've been trying to add together to a greater extent than nutrient dense foods to my daily routine. Because I am a brute of habit, I noticed I had gotten into the habit of non eating foods that were non packed amongst nutrients. My typical solar daytime looked similar Coffee, PBJ for lunch, large huge homemade dinner. It was starting to mess amongst my unloose energy as well as sleep. It is likely something to produce amongst aging, double ugh. So, I've been making an essay out to affair most nourishing myself to a greater extent than than I had been before.

Breakfast is a huge whole inwards my day. I am but non hungry when I wake up. I used to but become on java until most 11am (when the PBJ came in). Instead, I've been making this granola for the final twain of months. I pair it amongst my java as well as a banana, or on transcend of yogurt amongst fruit. To say we're obsessed would endure an understatement. I am obsessed, but Mike is majorly obsessed.

I tried to pack it amongst really nutrient heavy things, addition about filling things, addition about sense of savor skillful things. You tin customize the ingredients to include/exclude any you lot like. I accept never fifty-fifty considered myself a nut person, but I love the nuts inwards whole because of the mash as well as texture. I'm excited to essay out to a greater extent than versions for other seasons - mayhap adding cinnamon as well as cranberries for fall? Or doing a version amongst about chocolate chips folded in?

It is thus filling as well as satisfying as well as convent to catch on your means out the door. I brand a large batch as well as seat one-half inwards a canister on the counter amongst about Kraft Treat Bags closed yesteryear for an slow to-go. Sometimes I fifty-fifty accept them pre-packaged inwards a Kraft Bag to larn inwards easier to grab. I seat the other one-half inwards a ziplock inwards the freezer to proceed it fresh. I sort of similar to consume it frozen besides - how weird is that?

Essentials Used :

Large Baking Sheet (Small Baking Sheet for 1/2 batch)
Parchment Paper (essential for keeping the granola from sticking to the pan)
Kitchen Containers (for keeping ingredients organized)
Kraft Treat Bags

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Parchment Paper is a lifesaver for recipes similar these.

Here they are packed upwards inwards Kraft Treat Bags for an slow breakfast or snack heading out the door.

Kitchen Containers for keeping ingredients on hand.

Mike's Favorite Granola Bars

iv cups of oats
three cups of almonds
two cups of walnuts
1 loving cup of pecans
1/2 loving cup of pepitas
1/4 loving cup of soil flax seeds
1 loving cup of dried cherries (or cranberries)
five tablespoons of butter
1 loving cup of honey
2/3 loving cup of dark-brown sugar
1 teaspoon of body of body of water salt

Preheat oven to 300.

On a large sail pan lined amongst parchment paper, identify pepitas, oats as well as nuts, as well as then seat them inwards the oven for 10 minutes to roast, as well as then transfer to a large bowl.

Meanwhile, inwards a saucepan, melt together butter, dark-brown saccharide as well as honey. Bring to a medium simmer as well as allow bubble for most two minutes.

Pour beloved mixture over nut mixture, add together flax seeds, body of body of water tabular array salt as well as dried cherries. Mix together until all coated. Pour out onto the parchment lined sheet pan as well as press downwards amongst a spoon to pack it together.

Bake for xxx minutes. Let cool (best a twain of hours or over night), as well as then cutting into squares or crumble.