Blustery day in April - Homemade granola bars in my kitchen!

 Yesterday was an unexpected day at home.

YAY!!

And so...

Granola bars have been on my

"to try" list and so I tried.

 I kinda followed a recipe but

really you could say I just used a recipe

as a reference.

They taste yummy to me!

Here is what I did, after referencing the recipe.

3 cups whole oats

1/2 cup honey

3 Tbsp. maple syrup

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 cup of a mixture of things I had in my cupboard:

sunflower seeds

chopped up figs

rasins

dried cherries

pumpkin seeds

I then toasted the oatmeal at 350 for 15 minutes

While it was toasting I heated the honey and maple syrup in the microwave

then added the cinnamon and vanilla

After the oatmeal was toasted I stirred in the honey mixture

and then added the fruit and nut mixture.

I then dumped it into a 8 x 8 pan lined with parchment paper

pressed it down and left it cool.

 Then I melted chocolate

(maybe a cup of chocolate chips)

and spread it on the cooled oatmeal in the pan.

After that set up

I flip the whole thing out and then

I cut it into bars and

melted more chocolate and

drizzled it over the bars!

Next time maybe I will add some peanut butter and chocolate chips.

I do think that that the chocolate on the

bottom helped them stay together.

I think they are tasty and I think they are kinda healthy!

Win. Win.