Homemade Chocolate Chip Granola Bars Recipe

Whip these homemade snacks together in less than 30 minutes (plus cooling time!) for your family. These are a great after-school snack or wrap them up to snack on at ball practice! Substitute anything you have on hand for the chocolate chips; raisins, nuts, dried fruit, lots of things will taste wonderful in this recipe.

Ingredients

• 12 tablespoons

  butter, melted

• 1 teaspoon

  vanilla paste, can substitute vanilla extract

• 1/2 cup

  honey (try chestnut honey for a change!)

• 1/3 cup

  brown sugar

• 1 cup

  flour

• 4 1/2 cups

  “Quick 1-Minute Quaker Oats”

• 2 cups

  chocolate chips

Directions

Pre-heat the oven to 325-degrees. Melt the butter in a large mixing bowl. Add the vanilla, honey, and brown sugar; stir to combine.

Add the flour and oats, combine thoroughly. Stir in the chocolate chips until incorporated. The mix will be crumbly and loose.

Grease a 10x15x1” baking sheet. Pour the mix on to the baking sheet, use a spatula to firmly press down the mix. Be sure to press every inch, don’t miss the edges.

Bake at 325-degrees for 20-22 minutes until the edges are lightly golden. Remove the oven and immediately press down the bars again with your spatula. Be very firm, if you are too light they may fall apart after they cool.

Rinse your spatula or knife with cool water and slice in to bars while it is still warm but do not remove the bars yet. Place the pan on a cooling rack to cool.

Once the bars are completely cool, you may remove them from the pan. Store in an airtight container up to five days.