Review: Gourmet Granola Bars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
I normally buy Atkins granola bars but they are a bit expensive so I decided to try a recipe in this book to see if I could save some money. The recipe calls for honey, peanut butter, crisp rice cereal, coconut, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds which sounded really good. They turned out more chewy than crunchy which actually suited me fine. I may play around with the temperature of the honey to see if I can get them a little more crunchy.Basically all you do is heat the honey to a certain temperature and then add the peanut butter, vanilla and salt. Then you pour the liquid ingredients over the dry ingredients (oats, cereal, coconut, etc.). I'd suggest you have a spatula handy as things can get sticky. I made the granola bars in a very large stainless steel bowl which worked out perfectly. Then I poured the mixture into a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan and let the bars harden a bit. They were fairly easy to cut up using a serrated kitchen knife. I found using a regular dinner knife was not a good idea.Other recipes in this book include:Praline Crunch BarsMocha Almond Crunch BarsTriple Chocolate BarsJust Nuts!Trail Mix barCranberry White Chocolate BarsLiberty BarsRaw Power BarsAlmond Bliss BarsGinger Snap BarsMarshmallow BarsSo as you can see there is lots of variety and the sky is the limit. You can really customize the recipes to suit your families tastes all while saving money too.~The Rebecca Review