This recipe originally came from allrecipes. I love this recipe because you can really do so much with it. You can add in anything you want, any kind of nut or fruit or chocolate etc.... The above picture has white chocolate chips, walnuts and dried cherries. My favorite is to add some peanut butter (and reduce the oil a bit) and chocolate chips. I also like to make the recipe more healthy sometimes by subbing some of the oil for applesauce or reducing the sugar etc..... Below is the basic recipe I use (it is a little different from the one from allrecipes)
Ingredients:
2 cups rolled oats
3/4 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup wheat germ or ground flax seed or any combination of both
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp salt
nuts, dried fruit, coconut, chocolate etc....
1/2 cup honey
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp extract (like vanilla or almond)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and oil a 9x13 inch baking pan. In large bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients. Poor in the remaining ingredients and mix well. Pat the mixture evenly into the prepared pan. Make sure it is really packed in. Bake for about 25 minutes or until the bars are golden around the edges. Cool for 5-10 minutes and then cut bars while they are still warm. Let the bars cool completely and enjoy! Store in an air tight container.
* If your bars come out too crumbly, one good trick is to just break the bars into little pieces and bake them again on a cookie sheet, then you will have some delicious crunchy granola.
