Welcome Baby Granola Bars

I love to bake. And add my own ingredients based on what I find in the baking cupboard...

The following is adapted from a recipe on the Rogers Porridge Oats (with Oat Bran, wheat bran and flaxseed) package for "Porridge Oats Breakfast Cookies" but instead of two dozen cookies I have made bars in a 9 x 13 inch pan. And added a few things...


1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 salt
1/2 tsp allspice
2 tsp each cinnamon & ginger
( for spices I used "Lebkuchengewuertz" - German gingerbread spices as well as Epicure's Apple Pie Spice & Tropical Fruit Dip Mix)
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 1/4 cups unsweetened apple sauce
1 tbsp. grated orange rind (I added the juice from half the orange too, and a splash of Cointreau)
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups Porridge Oats (I used 2 cups and substituted 1 cup of shredded coconut)
3/4 cup chopped almonds
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup driend cranberries
(I substituted 2 cups of trail mix: sunflower seeds, almonds, pumpkin seeds, raisins & goji berries)


and I also added 1/2 cup cocoa powder & 1/2 cup chocolate chips because I am a chocoholic.


Preheat oven to 350F.


Combine flour, baking soda, salt, spices, stir well and set aside.


Place eggs, vegetable oil, applesauce and brown sugar in a large bowl and beat together well. Add orange rind, vanilla, nuts, berries (and chocolate chips, if using) and stir until well combined. Add flour mixture and stir well.


Either use 1/4 cup batter per cookie (and flatten to 9 cm diameter with a folk) or spread into greased cake pan. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes.


Happy Baking!!