A Recipe

Made some homemade granola bars the other day in our attempt to eat healthier (and my attempt to lose Kate's 9 months of padding). They turned out to be very tasty and it was just kinda nice to know exactly what I am munching on. This is hopefully the precursor to homemade baby food. Optimism abounds...

If you want to try it out, here's what we did:



Homemade Granola bars:

- 2 cups Muesli (or... 2 cups oats, 3/4 c sunflower seeds, 3/4 c wheat germ, 1/4 c ground flax seeds, and 1 c dried fruit)
- 1 c crushed or sliced nuts (I used sliced Almonds -- gotta love Costco)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 c honey (you can also use maple syrup!)
- 2 eggs
- brown sugar (I used about 1/8 c, but adjust to your taste)

1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Line a 9" x 13" pan with aluminum foil and then spray the foil.
2. In a sauce pan, combine honey, salt, vanilla until honey has thinned.
3. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the eggs and dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients and mix.
4. Put in pan and PRESS DOWN. A spatula sprayed with cooking spray can help you get it all nice and compact. Then bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
5. Cool completely on a cutting board before cutting into bars.