By Shirley Hill

Homemade Granola Bars with Dried Fruits and Superseeds

Ingredients

0 servings

2 cupsold-fashioned oatmeal

1 cupalmonds

sliced, I used 1 cup chopped walnuts and cup almonds for extra nuts

1 cupshredded coconut

loosely packed

½ cupwheat germ

toasted, I used 1/4 cup chia seeds and 1/4 cup flax seed meal

½ cuppumpkin seeds

I added these for extra goodness

3 tablespoonsunsalted butter

⅔ cuphoney

¼ cuplight brown sugar

lightly packed

2 teaspoonspure vanilla extract

¼ teaspoonkosher salt

½ cuppitted dates

chopped

½ cupdried apricots

chopped

½ cupdried cranberries

or raisins

1 cupsliced almonds

½ cupwheat germ

toasted

1 ½ teaspoonspure vanilla extract

½ cupdried cranberries

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