Are you looking for a good granola bar recipe?
This recipe won’t disappoint.
These delightfully chewy granola bars include all the goodness of everyone’s favorite Quaker granola bars, but without the corn syrup, refined sugar, and long list of artificial ingredients. So if you’re looking for a good granola bar recipe…
It’s staring you in the face. 🙂
Unless you are extremely tall or your computer is low to the ground.
Then it’s staring you in the belly button.
It even looks like a face. See the eyes and the nose? Those would be made out of chocolate chips. Yes, a chocolate chip face.
Are you jealous?
I am!
Oh, to live life with a chocolate chip face…
Quaker Style Chewy Granola Bars
(Can be gluten-free)
- 1 cup rolled oats (for all substitution notes, see nutrition link below)
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup rice crispies (brown, white, or gluten-free)
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp oat flour (see recipe instructions below for an easy substitution) 55g
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp coconut oil or veg oil (See nutrition link below for notes on a fat-free version.)
- 1/4 cup agave (Honey will also work, but not for strict vegans.)
- 1-2 packs stevia (up to 1/16 tsp uncut) or 1-2 tablespoons brown sugar or extra liquid sweetener
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp applesauce (banana would probably work as well, or pumpkin!)
- Ideas for the add-ins: mini chocolate chips, chopped raisins or other dried fruit, shredded coconut, chopped walnuts, etc.
Unless you’re doing the no-bake option, preheat oven to 350 F. Combine all dry ingredients and mix very well. (If you don’t have oat flour: simply grind rolled oats in a food processor to make oat flour. Be sure to measure the correct amount of flour for the recipe after grinding, not before.) In a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients. Stir wet into dry and use another sheet of parchment (or wax) paper to squish evenly-coated mixture into a parchment-lined 7×5 pan (or double the recipe for a bigger pan). Squish very, very hard, with a can or something heavy. Either fridge until firm (the no-bake option is firmer if you use coconut oil), or cook 18 minutes, then squish very hard again. Cool in the fridge for at least ten minutes before cutting into bars.
These bars can be stored at room temp, but if you use coconut oil they’re best kept in the fridge. Or they can even be frozen. The bars thaw very well. Other homemade granola bar recipes:
(Click on the photos to see the recipes.)
Do you wish you were taller?
Or shorter? Or are you happy exactly the way you are? I’m 5’5, and I always wanted to be taller when I was growing up. But now I actually like my average height. My grandpa used to say that you’re tall enough as long as your feet touch the ground. How are grandparents so wise? 🙂
I just made these and have a few questions. You say to bake them in a 7×5 pan. Isn’t that really small? How many bars do you cut them into for 135 calories each? Also, you don’t mention the amount of add ins. One cup? I added 1/4 cup chocolate chips, 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut and 1/4 cup sliced almonds.
You can double the recipe for an 8×8. See above comments for how many it makes. Add-ins are your choice, but what you did sounds like a good amount!
How many bars does this make? I made the recipe already, it’s cooling and I licked the spoon….so yummy!! So fast, and I only feel a tiny bit guilty letting my toddler have these. But I do want to know how many it’s supposed to make as I’m trying to loose my (2nd) baby weight.
6-8 bars.
I’ve been making this recipe weekly since the first week of school. My kids love it! Of course, I have to double it to make it last all week. Favorite add-ins are craisins and chocolate chips. Thanks for a tasty and healthy alternative!
Hey, I just made a modified version of these – I substituted some ground flax for part of the oat flower and added in some pumpkin seeds and cinnamon. They’re great!
May I ask how you prepared the bars you have pictured? Yours are so much whiter than mine. I baked for 17 minutes, used brown sugar, and vegetable oil. Did you use the alternates and did you “no bake” them? Thanks!
Amazing!!! Thanks so much for this easy and very delicious granola bar!!!
How many bars does one recipe make so I know what the nutritional info is based on. Looks like it might be 3?
How many bars does this recipe make based on your approximate nutritional information?
These are awesome!!! I eliminated the oil all together. I used xylitol instead of agave (didn’t have it) and added 1 tbsp of water instead to help add moisture. I also added a generous pour of maple syrup. AMAZING! (And fat free without the oils!)
Love this recipe! How many bars does this recipe make? 🙂