Chewy Peanut Butter Granola Bars
Recipe: #10271
August 07, 2013
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Pan, Snacks, Oats, Baby Shower, Birthday, Easter, Game/Sports Day, Potluck, Gluten-Free, Heart Healthy, Kosher, Low Cholesterol, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Vegetarian, Bars, Kid's Lunches, more
"Easy and AMAZING! The ingredients are just the basics, you could add in salted peanuts, light raisins, cranberries or other nuts or dried fruit, whatever you want!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (72.9 g)
- Calories 314.9
- Total Fat - 12.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.3 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 162.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 46.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 24.4 g
- Protein - 7.1 g
- Calcium - 170.3 mg
- Iron - 9.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Line an 8 by 8-inch baking dish with aluminum foil leaving a 2-inch overhang.
Step 2
In a large mixing bowl, toss together oats and 1 1/2 cups Rice Krispies, set aside.
Step 3
In a separate microwave safe mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, honey, brown sugar and salt. Heat mixture on HIGH power for 1 minute, remove and stir. Return to microwave and heat on HIGH power 1 minute longer. Remove from microwave, pour in vanilla and whisk mixture for 30 seconds. Pour peanut butter mixture over oat mixture and toss well to evenly coat.
Step 4
Pour mixture into prepared baking dish, firmly press mixture into an even layer. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze 10 - 15 minutes or chill in refrigerator 30 minutes.
Step 5
Lift bars from dish using foil overhang and cut into squares.
Step 6
Store in an airtight container.
Tips
No special items needed.