Granola Bars - Another Healthy Snack To Make and Store
By: Ruchi Mathur
Published: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 10:22am

Ingredients




2 cups quick cooking oats (recipes usually call for old- fashioned oats but I didn't ha
1/2 cup roasted almonds coarsely chopped
1/2 cup roasted walnuts coarsely chopped
1/2 cup chopped strawberries
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup oil
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup strawberry jam
3/4 cup brown sugar

Preparation

1 Roast the almonds and walnuts and coarsely chop in a mixie. Preheat the oven to 177F. 2 Put the oats, chopped almonds and walnuts together. Then added the chopped and dried fresh strawberries (you can use any dry food - I just had none on hand). Sprinkled the sugar on top and mixed it well. 3 I then added the oil - first 1/4cup and then another 1/4 cup and saw that it wasn't binding enough and it wasn't fruity enough. 4 In went all the strawberry preserves I had and I just mixed it all together. 5 I put it in a rectangle baking dish and then sprinkled the chocolate chips on top (the yummy factor to entice the toddler) and baked it at 177F for 25 degrees. 6 Cut it into rectangle and bite sized pieces for the toddler and enjoy. But, let me warn you, the mother may enjoy the healthy treat more than the child!