Granola Bars are a great on-the-go snack, and they are surprisingly easy to make. This crunchy granola bar recipe only has a handful of ingredients, and is much healthier than the store-bought version. These granola bars are very similar to the Nature Valley Crunchy products that you may be familiar with.
Yesterday I decided that I had a jar of honey that, while delicious, had been in the pantry for long enough. I had purchased creamed honey from Vintage Bee, and had gone a little overboard when I purchased several jars at once. Creamed honey is regular honey that goes through a specialized natural process to maintain its pure, raw, & unfiltered state by slowly spinning it make it nice and creamy. So, I wanted to use my jar of Cinnamon Creamed Honey, and this recipe was perfect. Now, all that being said, this recipe is perfectly do-able with any honey that you have on hand, so don’t think that you are required to buy creamed honey in order to make these granola bars.
Cinnamon Oats & Honey Granola Bars
Recipe inspiration: Betty Crocker
Ingredients
2 ½ c oats, divided
1/2 t baking soda
dash of kosher salt
¼ c coconut oil
¼ c honey
¼ t ground cinnamon (if using cinnamon honey as described above, omit this ingredient)
¼ c sugar
1 t vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper, leaving a bit to overhang the edges.
- Place 1/2 cup of oats in a blender or food processor, pulse into a coarse flour.
- Combine remaining oats, coarse flour oats, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, heat coconut oil just until melted. Combine with honey and cinnamon (or Cinnamon Creamed Honey), sugar, and vanilla. Combine with oat mixture, stirring well until oats are evenly coated.
- Spread mixture into prepared pan, pressing down firmly and evenly.
- Bake 20 minutes, or until oats are golden.
- Briefly cool on a rack (about 10 minutes), and then remove the granola from the pan using the parchment paper. Cut the bars – you need to do this while they’re still warm and not yet completely crunchy. The granola bars will continue to firm up and get crispy as they cool.
- Once completely cooled, store in an airtight container.
Sweet Jumbles 
Looks too good and yummy 🙂