25 January, 2024
Honey, Nut, and Oat Snack Bars
Honey Oat Snack Bars
Ingredients
- 2½ cups old fashioned rolled oats
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ½ cup nuts (peanut, almonds, pecans, walnuts, cashews, etc)
- ¾ cup additional mixins (granola, dried fruit, coconut, pretzels, peanut butter, chocolate chips, etc)
Instructions
- Toast the oats and any nuts. Either toast them in a hot skillet or on a backing sheet in the oven at 350 for about 6-8 minutes. Put in a large bowl when finished.
- Add honey, butter, and brown sugar to a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until the mixture starts to bubble. Then cook an additional 1 minute. Remove from heat. Wait 2 minutes.
- Stir the vanilla and salt into the mixture in the pan. If you are using peanut butter as a mixin, stir it in as well.
- Pour the mixture in the pan over the oats and nuts and stir with a large spoon or silicone spatula. Add the rest of the mixins (except chocolate) to the bowl and stir to incorporate evenly.
- If you are using chocolate as a mix in, wait about 10-15 minutes for the rest of the ingredients to cool and then mix in
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone liner. If using parchment paper, spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Transfer the mixture to the baking sheet and use a greased measuring cup or silicone spatula to press the mixture into a rectangle about ¼ to ½ inch thick.
- Refrigerate for about 2 hours to set. Then cut into bars. These can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container – separate any layers with wax paper.
Notes
If using peanut butter, use no more than 1/4 cup
You can substitute mini M7M’s for the chocolate chips
Your mixins can be a combination of anything you want to have in the bars like
- Raisins
- Craisins (dried cranberries)
- Dried fruit
- Your favorite ganola
- broken minim pretzel sticks
- Macadamia nuts
- Cereal
- Candy (less healthy)