Lifetime Recipes Made Easy
Have you ever purchased puffed millet? I hadn’t nor did I know what it was when I found it at a natural food store. So being the chef, I purchased the millet, researched recipes and created a recipe of my own using oatmeal, millet, cranberries…and made bars that are gluten free!
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Here is a great recipe for a homemade granola bars, it’s great because it’s homemade and you can alter the recipe to your likings, modify how much sugar goes into this recipe and change it up with different dried fruits/nut. As you know I love homemade granola and I love experimenting with flavors, although sometimes I tend to gravitate to the same ingredients, here is another recipe for granola bars.
I wanted to try something different for this recipe so I used fiber cereal making the granola bars a little healthier…I loved the texture/flavor the cereal added.
This recipe is similar to my last recipe for granola bars except I used fiber cereal to add a different texture, I also used dried blueberries, cranberries and shaved coconut
Melted brown sugar with oil and corn syrup
Pour warm mixture over the oats, mix
whip egg whites, until frothy
mix into the oats, place mixed oats into the prepared baking pan
bake until golden brown
let the granola cool completely before slicing
This is just a great recipe to make and have around to snack on! I found these bars were more of a moist granola bar so ultimately I broke the bars into small pieces and used the granola for my yogurt or just to snack on, it was delicious. It’s a great recipe/snack to bring on picnics as well.
I would recommend putting parchment between the bars as they can be sticky from the honey (you can see that in my photo above). Play around with the ingredient list to make these granola bars your own!
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I was always taught by my mother to know my ingredients when it came to cooking as that would give me the success I needed in creating a great dish. What do you know about oats? When you are making at a recipe and it calls for old fashion oats and you only have instant oats do you use what you have or do you run to the market to buy what the recipe calls for? Do you understand the difference between the oats so you understand how it will impact your recipe?
There is no recipe attached to this post but I wanted to share a little bit of information about the differences of the oats and my experience of them.
Steel Cut Oats
All oats start out as oak groats and steel cut oats are whole oats that have been chopped into small pieces before steaming, they are not rolled out or toasted. When using to make oatmeal they will take longer to cook by 12-15 minutes, you can soak them in water or milk to reduce the cooking time and then use the milk or water to cook them in. I have found that for oatmeal, they taste a bit nuttier and I tend to use steel cut oats more in baking then for oatmeal because of the extra time it takes to cook for oatmeal and I would never use them in a granola recipe.
Old Fashion Oats
Old fashion or “rolled oats” are oak groats that have been steamed and then rolled under heavy rollers before they are lightly toasted (baked). The old fashion oats are more commonly used for making oatmeal as they take less time to cook, they have a flakier texture then the steel cut oats, old fashion oats are not as nutty as the steel cut oats. I use old fashion oats for oatmeal, granola bars and for baking.
Instant Oats
The instant oats are oak goats that are steamed and rolled out just like the old fashioned oats but the instant oats are rolled out even thinner so. Instant oaks are broken down into much smaller pieces then the old fashion oats so the texture is completely different. Instant oats cook in about a minute making them a great solution for someone who is on the go and wants oatmeal and because they start off as smaller pieces, they cook up creamier. I use instant oats in my oatmeal on the go, muesli and in baking cookies.
Here is a photo of the three types of oats to give you a visual.
Again, knowing your ingredients from texture to taste can alter a recipe substantially. Using steel-cut oats in my muesli would not work as the instant oats create the creamy texture that is needed for muesli. Likewise if I used instant oats for my granola bars that would not work as I need the texture of the old fashioned oats. However, when I make oatmeal cookies, I do use a variety of all three oats as I like the texture and slight complexity it creates.
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Everyone knows I love granola, I’ve basically have made the same granola for as long as I can remember. Then I try new granola recipes and end up loving them as well, I’ve posted some my favorites granola with cranberries, granola with dried fruit, apple pie granola and now my new favorite from “Model Bakery” cookbook, my granola with nuts and fruit. …
When September hits, immediately I crave apple pie, I love a good apple pie, especially one with ice cream…YUM. While I know it’s not September…you need to know that I just couldn’t wait for something “apple”. So, I had to make my apple pie granola. I just love this recipe…and I love granola. I can eat granola with some milk in the morning or some yogurt in the afternoon, as a snack and sometimes I eat granola as a little snack late at night.
You will find this granola recipe is very different then your traditional recipes as this one tastes like an apple pie. It even starts out with apple juice that you concentrate, I’m not saying that this is a super healthy recipe, but it doesn’t use as much oil as some that I have made before. I made this apple pie granola recipe yesterday and Kelsi came home and nibbled on some of it…she was so cute as she’s like “mom it feels like Christmas with this granola”, I think it’s all that cinnamon!
Traditionally I tend to use cranberries and blueberries, in this recipe I use dehydrated apples that I chop, it adds great texture.
So, I mixed my nuts with the seasonings
I took my whole dehydrated apple
and chopped it up
mixed my oatmeal, nuts, seasonings and chopped dehydrated apples in a bowl and tossed
I added the apple juice, oil and honey and tossed again
I placed it on my lined sheet and sprinkled my brown sugar and coconut on top
I baked it for 10 minutes and tossed…see how “wet” it looks?
10 more minutes…still “wet”
10 more minutes…all done!
I let it cool off completely before I put it in my beautiful glass dish.
I know you will like this very simple and easy recipe!
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It’s “Scrumptious Saturday” and I have another great granola recipe for you. As you already know, I just love granola and I’ve already shared one of my favorite granola recipes with you “Homemade Granola with Dried Fruit“. Granola is great as you can eat it on it’s own, use granola for to make your favorite parfait with yogurt, mixed granola with milk or on top of ice cream with your favorite granola…so, how could you go wrong?
This is one of the first homemade granola recipes I ever made, maybe about 10 years ago and I have been making it ever since. While I say I’ve been making it for 10 years, this is the first time I made it using a cup of instant oatmeal as I ran out of regular oats and still wanted to make it. I will share, after my experience today, I would wait for the regular oats as I found that using two differed oats cooked up differently and mine came out a little over done as you can see from my photo so I would not recommend using instant oatmeal, read my article on the difference between oats.
This recipe is super easy as you just have to melt some butter with brown sugar and honey
Pour it over the rest of the ingredients
Place it on a baking pan and bake and bake…here is a before and after…
The great thing about making your own homemade granola is that you can modify it to your likings. For example, I used a medley of my favorite nuts including almond, sesame and pumpkin seeds. I have also used a medley of peanuts, pistachio and pecans so use your favorite nuts. I also topped mine with dried cranberries…I like to have the cranberries there as I like fruit in my granola, if you do not like the dried cranberries, leave them out. You can also add dried blueberries or any other favorite dried fruit.
This recipe can be made several days prior to serving. My recipe has different types of nuts and dried cranberries, if you change the types of nut, I would recommend keeping the same quantities. It’s a great little snack that everyone will love! Enjoy!!!
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