I love this bar...

...Granola bar!

I know, very cheesy.  This is going to be short and sweet.

Between visitors, sickness, and surgery healing, I haven't had much time to blog, but I am really trying with all my might to stick to my promise of updating this blog on a (Semi) regular basis!

Today's recipe is a granola bar recipe.  It was easy to make, low sugar, and tasted great.  I have a request for more but haven't gotten around to doing that yet!

(image and recipe source from collectingmemoriess.blogspot.co.uk)

Chewy No-Bake Oatmeal Bars

2 cups quick oats
2 tbsp ground almonds
4 tbsp unsweetened coconut flakes
100g dried cranberries, chopped
50ml coconut oil
6 tbsp honey

1) Grind 1 cup of oats and mix with almonds, coconut and remaining oats. Mix in dried cranberries.

2) In a small saucepan over low heat, melt honey and coconut oil. Pour into the oat mixture and mix well.

3) Press into a 10x20cm loaf pan and refrigerate for 1-2 hours. Cut into squares. 

***My tweaks- I didn't use a loaf pan because that sounded weird to me...I used a square baking pan. (the size you would use for making a small pan of brownies).  This recipe is also using the metric system which really threw me for a loop so I had to use my math wiz husband for the conversions. (yes,  I COULD have done it myself but then he can say he helped!) I used sweetened coconut flakes because that is all I had, and I used agave instead of honey.  Oh, and I added raisins!  They turned out really yummy.  I am pretty sure you could add just about anything you wanted as long as you stuck to the same oats/honey ratio to keep it all in tact.  Also, keeping them in the fridge for the designated time is key so they don't crumble when you cut them.  (not that I've ever found that out the hard way...) Other than that, these are really hard to screw up, which makes them a favorite for me :)