TOASTED COCONUT GRANOLA BARS

Toasted Coconut Granola Bars image

I finally found the ultimate granola bar! After lots of tweaking and experimenting, I feel this is the best version yet. Everyone in my family, from ages 2 to 78, loves them!

Provided by sarebear67

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Snacks Granola Bar Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 32

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

3 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup almonds
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup raisins, or more to taste
½ cup brown sugar
⅓ cup wheat germ
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
¾ teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
¾ cup canola oil
½ cup honey
4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Spread oats, coconut, and almonds onto a baking sheet; toast in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
Mix toasted oats mixture with flour, raisins, brown sugar, wheat germ, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl; add eggs, canola oil, honey, and vanilla extract and mix into a sticky mixture.
Generously grease a baking sheet. Spread the mixture into the baking sheet in an even layer, reaching completely to the edges.
Bake in preheated oven until golden, about 30 minutes; carefully cut into bars immediately upon removal from oven.
Let bars cool completely until hard before removing from sheet, at least 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 179.3 calories, Carbohydrate 22.6 g, Cholesterol 11.6 mg, Fat 9.2 g, Fiber 2.4 g, Protein 3.4 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 68.1 mg, Sugar 12 g