Chewy No-Bake Grain and Oat Bars
Delicious homemade granola bars made with a mix of puffed grains, oats, dried fruits, and nuts, held together with a honey-nut butter binding. These no-bake bars are perfect for snacking and can be customized with your favorite mix-ins.
Ingredients
- •4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus more
- •4 cups mixed unsweetened puffed grain cereal
- •1 cup old-fashioned oats
- •1½ cups mixed dried fruit and nuts
- •⅓ cup light brown sugar
- •⅓ cup honey
- •½ teaspoon kosher salt
- •⅓ cup creamy nut butter
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Butter a 13x9" baking dish. Toss puffed cereals, oats, and dried fruits, nuts, seeds and/or coconut (all mix-ins except chocolate chips) in a large bowl with your hands to evenly distribute.
5 min
- 2.
Bring brown sugar, honey, salt, and 4 Tbsp. butter to a boil in a small saucepan and let cook 1 minute. Remove from heat and whisk in nut butter and vanilla until smooth. Drizzle over puffed rice mixture and stir with a large rubber spatula until everything is evenly coated. If using chocolate chips, let mixture cool about 5 minutes before mixing in.
10 min
- 3.
Scrape mixture into prepared dish and press and compact down into an even layer with buttered hands. Let cool at least 1 hour before cutting into bars.
60 min
- 4.
Bars can be made 1 week ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
