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Hi No-Bakers

By Rida Vaka
(Manager, HR Talent Management)
Granola Bars

Do you skip your breakfast when
Here is a base recipe that is to be used for all: you are in a hurry to get to a
• 1 1/2 cups (3oz/85g) oats (quick cooking or rolled oats) meeting on time? Or miss your
• 1 cup (11/2oz/43g) rice crispy cereal lunch to meet your deadline?
Or just gobble down
• 1/4 cup (2oz/ 57g) butter anything to tend to your hunger?
• 1/4 cup (2 ½oz/71g) honey (agave, rice or maple syrup) It’s a crazy world where you are
• 1/2 cup (3oz /85g) brown sugar managing a family and office at the
• 1/2 teaspoon salt same time. Here is a recipe that
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional) you can prepare in 10 minutes,
which will be a solution to all your
breakfast problems or a snack in
Instructions: between.

1. In a large bowl, mix together the oats and cereal. Granola Bars are full of energy and
2. In a bowl add in butter, honey and brown sugar. Microwave this mixture vitamins, which you can create with
the ingredients of your own choice.
for 2 minutes. It will bubble up so make sure your bowl is
big enough so it doesn’t overflow. You can also do this step in a
saucepan if you don’t have a microwave.
3. Whisk in vanilla and salt into the caramel.
4. Pour the mixture over the oats and thoroughly stir. Mix the ingredients

together until the oats are completely coated.

5. Add in your desired mix-in (look below).
6. Put the mixture in a 9x9 pan, lined with parchment paper. Press the
mixture very firmly, if you like your bars thicker, you can use a
smaller pan. If you do not press firmly enough, the bars will fall
apart when you eat them. Place them in the fridge for 2-3 hours then
cut to size.

Desired Mix-in:

No-Bake Cranberry/Raisins Nut Granola Bars
• 1/4 cup - shredded coconut
• 1/3 cup - cranberries/raisins, chopped
• 1/3 cup - almonds, toasted and chopped
Stir the nuts, coconuts and raisins into the granola mix coating them
well in the caramel. Press into the tray firmly so the bars hold together.

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