Comments on: Homemade Granola Bar Recipe – (No high fructose corn syrup in these bars!)

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:22:48 +0000

I just made these, and they’re sitting in the pan cooling right now. It all smelled SO good and I tasted a little bit of the warm mixture… I have a new go-to granola bar recipe. It was wonderful! I did make a few changes according to item prices and my preferences. Instead of wheat germ, I used ground flax seed as I already had some on hand. Wheat germ here is also over $4, and I didn’t want to spend that. I substituted almonds (unsalted, coarsely chopped) for the peanuts, and the flavor they get from being toasted is really what makes these so good! For my brown sugar, I used homemade which took 5 minutes to whip up and it’s also very flavorful. (1 cup of regular sugar and 1-2 Tbl molasses, for anyone that’s curious. Just whisk it together until it’s clump free!) My final alteration was just 2 Tbl natural peanut butter and then 2 Tbl regular margarine instead of all butter. Craisins were my fruit of choice, too. Oh, and I left out the salt. I’ll definitely be making these often!

By: Lea

Lea — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:03:04 +0000

I’ve made these several times and love them. The first time they worked out great but each subsequent time, they fell apart unless I kept them refrigerated. This time I replaced the butter with oil and put a book and a 15-lb weight on them when they were cooling. I like the flavor better (and I generally like butter) and they’re holding together!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:48:10 +0000

Instead of regular butter, try using mana coconut butter, great texture and added coconut flavour. I also opted out of wheat germ and replaced it with flax seed powder.
These granola bars are super easy to make make a great (healthy) snack for when your on outdoor adventures. yumm

By: Melinda Gao

Melinda Gao — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:55:31 +0000

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By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:26:07 +0000

Just finished wrapping these, such a strength of will not to just eat them all!! I swapped out wheat germ for wheat flakes, guessed amounts and used cinnamon and masses of fruit, and its so good!! Cant wait to show them off tomorrow at work!!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:58:47 +0000

I stumbled upon your blog searching for homemade granola recipes – for the same reasons you cited! I just finished making yours – varied the peanuts to cashews and the van. extract to almond extract (because that’s what was on hand). AMAZING! So good. Thanks so much!

By: Lynn Walker

Lynn Walker — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:21:03 +0000

I just made your granola bar recipe and would like to ask about decreasing the honey. I love the recipe but find it a little too sweet. What is a substitute for honey? Or, could I mix honey, gava, brown rice syrup, or others to help with the glue?
This is a wonderful recipe and I can see so many different possibilities when substituting different ingredients for variety but I’m not quite sure how to change the glue!
Thanks,
Lynn

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:31:19 +0000

Thank you SO much for this recipe. I just made them and they came out awesome! I will need to let them set longer next time though, so they don’t crumble as much. But I just couldn’t wait to try them Thanks again!

By: Susan H.

Susan H. — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:05:03 +0000

My boys are not fond of dried fruit either. I added dairy-free chocolate chips with good results.
Susan H. recently posted..Hearty Dairy, Egg, Soy and Peanut/Tree Nut Free Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:23:59 +0000

I’ve cut the brown sugar back to a 1/4 cup with half the butter and they still hold up as long as you really press them down!