Going for a long bike ride, run or hike? Be sure to include these homemade granola bars. The recipe is from the lid of a Smucker’s Natural Peanut Butter jar. We enjoy them so much and they are certainly better than any store bought brand and well the nutrition cannot be beat!
Ingredients
3 Cups Rice Crispy Cereal, slightly crushed
3 Cups Cheerios, slightly crushed
1 1/2 Cups Raisens or other dried fruit; cherries, cranberries
1/2 Cup Sunflower seeds
1 Cup Honey
3/4 Cup Sugar
1 (16oz) Jar Smucker’s Chunky Natural Peanut Butter
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Non-Stick Cooking Spray
Directions
1. Combine cereal, raisins & sunflower seeds in a large bowl.
2. Combine honey & sugar in saucepan and heat for 3-5 minutes until the mixture comes to a boil. Boil for one minute.
3. Add peanut butter and vanilla to warm mixture. Pour over the cereal mixture until everything is coated.
4. Press mixture into a greased 15x10x1 inch pan (cookie sheet). I put a plastic baggie on my hand to press the mixture firmly into the coroners. Cut granola bars into rectangles and wrap in press-n-seal.
Comments
Hey Wendy!
Thanks for looking at my blog/website. Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner, but I need to look up some information about agave nectar. I was not familiar with it, so it is really nice to learn about a new ingredient. I will cut and paste what I found out. From I found I would go for it. I hope you enjoy them. They make a huge portion, so I sometimes only make half.
Substituting Agave Nectar for Liquid Sweeteners
Honey
Replace each cup of honey with one cup of agave syrup.
Maple Syrup
Replace each cup of maple syrup with one cup of agave syrup.
Brown Rice Syrup
When replacing a cup of brown rice syrup, use 1/2 to 1/3 as much agave, and increase other liquids in the recipe by up to 1/2 a cup.
Corn Syrup
When replacing a cup of light corn syrup, use 1/2 as much agave, and increase other liquids in the recipe by up to 1/3 of a cup. Like corn syrup, agave nectar will not crystallize.
Substituting Agave Nectar for Granulated Sugar
White Sugar
For each cup of white sugar replaced, use 2/3 of a cup of agave and reduce other liquids by 1/4 to 1/3 cup. This substitution will also work for Demerara Sugar, Turbinado Sugar, Evaporated Cane Juice, or Sucanat.
Brown Sugar
For each cup of white sugar replaced, use 2/3 of a cup of agave and reduce other liquids by 1/4 cup. Because the moisture content of Brown Sugar is higher than that of white sugar, liquids may not have to be reduced as much when substituting agave nectar.
Happy Cooking!
Jessica
thanks so much for the tips! this helps a lot. I always wanted to make my own granola bars!
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