Friday, May 8, 2009

Heavenly granola . . . balls?



I made some no-bake granola bars last night by seriously tweaking this recipe from Bitten. Oh my heavens. Oh lordy, they are magnificent. I'm going to tell you what I did so you can run to your cupboard and make these pronto.



Oh, and instead of "pressing them into a 9 inch pan and cutting them" I took the short cut and used cupcake tins. Hence the balliness of them.



Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 cups granola
  • 1 cup mixture of pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, slivered almonds, dried cranberries, roasted salted soynuts
  • 1/2 tspn cinnamon
Method
  • 1. Put the first five ingredients in a small pot and bring to a boil (don't let it go too long or it will burn). Put the granola etc. in a large bowl and pour the sugar mixture over the top while mixing; stir until the granola is well coated.
  • 2. Press into cupcake tins and let cool in the fridge. Cover each one with plastic wrap and try your hardest to fend off friends, relatives and coworkers.

5 comments:

Carlene said...

My mouth actually watered when I saw the food-porny closeup.

Era said...

Hahaha, that's my goal!

Nicole said...

Those look really good--I might have to make them for my mid-morning work snack!

I Am A Librarian said...

Did that yield the 18 I see in the fridge pic, or more?

Era said...

Yup, that recipe made me a dozen and a half amazing granola balls.