toasted coconut granola bars

Ingredients

• Servings: 32
• 3 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup almonds
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup raisins, or more to taste
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup wheat germ
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup honey
• 4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 30 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• spread oats, coconut, and almonds a baking sheet; toast in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
• mix toasted oats mixture with flour, raisins, brown sugar, wheat germ, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl; add eggs, canola oil, honey, and vanilla extract and mix into a sticky mixture.
• generously grease a baking sheet. spread the mixture into the baking sheet in an even layer, reaching completely to the edges.
• bake in preheated oven until golden, about 30 minutes; carefully cut into bars immediately upon removal from oven.
• let bars cool completely until hard before removing from sheet, at least 30 minutes.