Granola Bar recipe

Granola Bar recipe

Sorry there is no picture included like on www.mennonitegirlscancook.blogspot.com :)

3c. quick-cooking rolled oats

1/2c. packed brown sugar

1/4c. wheat germ

1/2c. butter

1/4c. corn syrup

1/4c. liquid honey

1/2c. chocolate chips

1/2c. flaked coconut

combine rolled oats, brown sugar, wheat germ in bowl. cut in butter. stir in corn syrup and honey, choco chips, coconut

press into greased 9in square cake pan. bake at 350 for 20-25 mins or until golden. let cool on wire rack for 10 mins. cut into bars.

Uncle B, I know this might not be the most healthy granola bar out there but it does not come prepackaged and the boys ate it! I even added some flax seed to the last batch.

Also a word of warning: if you have a faulty oven like mine, and typically 425 is actually 350, there is a chance that 425 might actually be 450; evidence being the overdone muffins I made this evening :( I dream of a new oven... and new towels, bedsheets, shoes, and jeans. Can't wait to do some shopping in 24 days!

bread, granola and eggs

I was just thinking about some of the things I am doing differently now; things I didn't have the time, interest, or care about doing pre-island days.

I am making bread at least once a week: bread, buns, pepperoni sticks, calzones, pizza... it takes various forms. The brand name bread comes in twice a week, super expensive. The Co-op has a bakery but I can make what they make no problem. My oven is the pits but I as long as I am patient and have the whole day, it works ok.

Our pantry has been void of packaged snack food for months. No granola bars, fruit snacks, pudding cups, fruit cups, crackers. They are so expensive and when a bag of groceries already costs $10-$20, why spend another $4 on filler? I have finally perfected making granola bars. I want to try a few variations with peanut butter, raisins or nuts. I'll see what my food critics think of the new creations.

And I love my farm fresh little brown eggs I get from a lady on the other side of town. She has about 10 hens and they are super egg making machines! Whenever I can I stock up on eggs from her. We use almost 2 dozen eggs a week, maybe I need my own chickens. Wouldn't that be fun :)