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Granola Bar is a breakfast food or snack made using a mixture of rolled oats, cornflakes, nuts and sweeteners such as brown sugar. The mixture is pressed and baked into bar shaped snacks. This is a very healthy snack for kids and adults.
Ingredients:
Cornflakes, crushed – 1 cup
Oats – 1 cup
Pecans/Walnuts, chopped – 1/4 cup
Pistas, chopped – 1/4 cup
Almonds, chopped – 1/4 cup
Almonds, chopped – 1/4 cup
Melon Seeds – 2 1/2 tbsps
Raisins – 3 tbsps
Cinnamon Powder – 1 tsp
Sugar – 1 1/4 cups
Cinnamon Powder – 1 tsp
Sugar – 1 1/4 cups
Ghee for greasing
Method:
- Dry roast oats, pecans, pistas, almonds and melon seeds separately until it gives out a nice aroma. Take care not to over roast or char them.
- Let it cool down.
- Mix together oats, pecans, pistas, almonds, melon seeds, raisins and cornflakes in a large mixing bowl.
- Generously grease a marble/granite surface, a rolling pin and a knife.
- Take sugar in a flat bottomed pan, evenly spread in the pan. Keep the pan on medium flame.
- Let the sugar caramelize – when the sugar starts browning in the edge of the pan, stir the sugar.
- Keep stirring until the sugar melts completely and the liquid is light brown in color.
- Turn off the heat immediately. This liquid, called the sugar caramel, will solidify quickly, hence need to be very quick in mixing the ingredients now.
- Add cinnamon powder. Mix well.
- Add all the mixed ingredients in Step 3. Mix well.
- Pour it on a greased surface and spread it into a rectangular/square shape, evenly, using a rolling pin.
- Immediately cut into rectangular shaped bars.
- Separate the bars, even out the edges if required.
- Once cooled, store in airtight containers.
Important Note: Once the sugar caramelizes, all the remaining steps must be done very quickly as the mixture solidifies very fast.
