granola bar recipe
Sep. 22nd, 2008 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mamajoanA few people asked for the recipe of the granola bars I made last week, so here it is on allrecipes.com. I added flax seeds and chocolate chips, and omitted the raisins. The comments have lots of good ideas of how to modify or vary the recipe -- I definitely want to try adding sunflower and sesame seeds, decreasing the sugar, replacing some of the oil with applesauce, and maple syrup instead of honey. Among other things. ;) I'll also make them with wheat flour next time -- I used white this time because I had some left that I needed to use up and it happened to be exactly the right amount.
I note that several of the reviews referred to the bars as crunchy while others said they were chewy. ??? *scratch head* When I made them, they came out chewy, which surprised me because I expected crunchy. So I don't know why some people are getting crunchy; maybe baking longer? But if I had baked any longer, they would have burned -- already were dark around the edges. Maybe that's the effect of the flaxseeds; they do make things brown faster. I dunno. Anyway, I like my granola bars chewy so it's okay with me. But if you try them, let me know what you find. :)
I note that several of the reviews referred to the bars as crunchy while others said they were chewy. ??? *scratch head* When I made them, they came out chewy, which surprised me because I expected crunchy. So I don't know why some people are getting crunchy; maybe baking longer? But if I had baked any longer, they would have burned -- already were dark around the edges. Maybe that's the effect of the flaxseeds; they do make things brown faster. I dunno. Anyway, I like my granola bars chewy so it's okay with me. But if you try them, let me know what you find. :)
