Granola Bars

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Alton's recipes are usually the acme of culinary chemistry. This recipe confirms that! Since I think one shouldn't rate a recipe that wasn't followed to the letter, I am rating the actual recipe. This is the best granola EVER! The cherries (among the other ingredients make is so sweet and chewy! I take it to my high school students when we go ice skating over the holidays. Thank you so much Alton for doing the research for us! Saves us all a great deal of time in the kitchen. Gotta love the guy!

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I made these once and by a happy accident, I skipped the step that said to press the granola bar mix very well into the pan. As a result, I ended up with the most delicious granola EVER. I've made this recipe probably close to a hundred times, and every time it disappears before the day is over. When I make it for guests, they rave and request the recipe. As a side note, I always add extra dried fruit, just as a personal preference. A combination of dried cranberries, dried cherries, and dried blueberries is absolutely smashing.

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These were awesome! East to make, as well. I saved a little time and just added 1C of my favorite trail mix (assorted fruits & nuts for the last ingredient step of "6 1/2 oz dried fruits combination." That way, i didn't have to buy a million small packages of dried fruits I may never use again.

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Tasty, easy, healthy. I tried all the recipies on this episode and they are all great.

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these were the best tasting granola bars i've ever had, and i love that their home-made. my only issue was that they didn't stick together very well, but i think i needed to compress them into the pan a lot more and i needed to chop the fruit up a bit smaller. i used dried blueberries and apricots and i think i left the apricots a little too big, inhibiting their ability to stick together. i'm trying them again today and i think i'm gonna use blueberries and dried cranberries. we'll see how they stick together.

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These smelled so good in the oven. Excellent alternative to store bought bars. Ours were still a little chewing after cooling for a few hours so we let them sit over night. They cut better in the morning! I really like them with blueberries and apricots. We baked them in a 9 by 13 and made perfect bars 16 servings.

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I love this recipe and make it nearly every week so I have a quick snack to grab on my way to work.

I like it the way it is written but have started making a few slight adjustments to make it slightly healthier -- swap safflower oil for the butter, ground flax for the wheat germ, and maple sugar for the brown sugar. I also like to add a dash of cinnamon.
Like others have said, these will hold together as long as you wait for them to cool COMPLETELY. I like to leave mine untouched overnight.

The recipe says it takes an hour but honestly it's only maybe 10 minutes of active work -- easy to do while you're taking care of other tasks.

Never buying granola again!

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These were amazing. I followed the directions to a tee, and everyone who tried them thinks they're amazing. I also tried another batch with pecans which were equally good. Versatile basic recipe, as long as you balance the dry with the wet ingredients.

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Caught the rerun on TV this week - made the granola this weekend. Who eats sunflower seeds with the shell on?!! I used raw sunflower seeds - without shells and added semi-sweet chocolate chips just before pouring the mixture into the pan. I heeded the comments to firmly tamp down the granola in the pan and to let it cool completely. Mine was ready to cut after 2 hours of cooling. I had nice bars. This is sooooo good!! No more store bought granola bars for me. Thanks AB!

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I did something odd with this recipe, so keep in mind I only followed about half the directions with the tangent I went on. :P

Originally made oatmeal cookies with an old family recipe but my funky oven and expired baking soda resulted in me with four cups of oatmeal I'd scraped off the pan - it looked like granola cereal. Had the thought of turning my mess into granola bars and stumbled across this recipe!

I took the honey, sugar, butter, vanilla, and salt and melted as instructed before adding the 4 cups of oatmeal cookie crumb mess. Stirred and baked for 25min and after about 20-30min of cooling I cut them into squares and let cool for a while longer. 3 hours later, I had a batch of chewy cookies/granola bars that tasted pretty good. Hopefully my oatmeal cookies won't come out as terrible again, but this was a great fix and a fun experiment. :D