CHEWY FRUIT GRANOLA BARS

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Provided by Taste of Home

Time 35m

Yield 12 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 15

1-2/3 cups quick-cooking oats
3/4 cup sugar plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup oat flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup each dried cherries and cranberries
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1/2 cup unsalted sunflower kernels
1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon water

Steps:

In a large bowl, combine oats, sugar, oat flour, salt and cinnamon; mix well. Stir in apricots, cherries, coconut, pecans and sunflower kernels; set aside., In another bowl, whisk together honey, butter, corn syrup, vanilla and water. Add the honey mixture to the fruit mixture; mix until crumbly. Pat into a lightly greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown on the edges. Cool in pan for 5 minutes., While still warm, cut into bars. Remove bars to a wire rack to cook completely. Wrap bars individually in plastic wrap or store in an airtight container with parchment paper separating layers.

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