Tropical Granola Bars
Servings 9
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- Small Saucepan
- Wire Cooling Rack
Ingredients
- 2 cups of old-fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup macadamia
- ⅓ cup of honey
- ¼ cup of brown sugar
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter plus extra for the pan
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup of shredded coconut
- ½ cup of white chocolate chips
- ¼ cup of craisins
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9x9-inch baking dish and set it aside.
- Spread the oats and macadamia nuts on a baking sheet.
- Place in the oven and toast for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- In the meantime, combine the honey, brown sugar, butter, extract, and salt in a small saucepan and place over medium heat.
- Cook until the brown sugar has completely dissolved.
- Remove the oat mixture from the oven when it's done baking, and reduce the heat to 300 degrees.
- Immediately add the oat mixture to the brown sugar mixture.
- Next, add the coconut, white chocolate chips, and craisins, then stir to combine.
- Spread mixture evenly into the prepared baking dish and press down, evenly distributing the mixture in the baking dish.
- Place in the oven to bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and cool completely on a wire cooling rack.
- Cut into bars, wrap them individually in plastic wrap, then store in an airtight container for up to a week. Enjoy.