Today is National Granola Bar Day!

Today is National Granola Bar Day! Granola bars are a true staple in my household, as they make for easy, portable snacks. I typically always have a few in the car, saving many a grumbling stomach!

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I have experimented with making my own, however, they are often of the harder granola bar variety. We like them chewy around here! This recipe, from www.allrecipes.com, sounds wonderful...and easily adapted with ingredients that you prefer!

Easy Granola Bars
SUBMITTED BY: Aliceyn Fokuhl

"Fantastic bars that have a lot of flexibility. You can adapt the recipe to your liking. Great for hikes, long road trips and camping as they store well and keep fairly long - unless you eat them all! Use any combination of chocolate chips, dried fruit, coconut, pecans, almond slices, or any other tidbits you'd like in a granola bar."

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups quick-cooking oats
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup sliced almonds
1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
In a large bowl, mix together the oats, sweetened condensed milk, butter, coconut, almonds, chocolate chips and cranberries with your hands until well blended. Press flat into the prepared pan.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, depending on how crunchy you want them. Lightly browned just around the edges will give you moist, chewy bars. Let cool for 5 minutes, cut into squares then let cool completely before serving.


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