How To Make Granola Bars

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of thick oats (not the instant variety) and sesame seeds (change the proportions according to your preference)

1 1/2 cups of seeds, nuts, coconut, raisins, chocolate chips, Rice Crispies (you can choose a combination of these and then decide on the proportions according to your preference)

1/4 cup of brown sugar

1/4 cup of honey

1/4 cup of tahina

Method:

Lighly toast the oats and sesame seeds in the oven or in a pot on the stove.

In an empty pot mix the sugar, honey and tahini.

Cook on the stove for about 1 minute at a low temperature.

Add the toasted ingredients and the rest of the ingredients to the pot.

Mix well.

Put the mixture in a pan. Cover it with a sheet of baking paper and press down firmly so that the mixture is tightly packed in the pan.

Put the pan in the fridge for a few minutes (approximately 10 minutes).
Cut into bars or squares.

Put it back in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

Separate the pieces and store in the fridge or freezer in an airtight container.

Tips:

These granola bars make an excellent snack for kids and a much healthier alternative to candy bars.

You can wrap these up nicely and they will make a nice healthy gift.

When purchasing tahina make sure that you get a product that is 100% ground sesame and not a dip or other product made by diluting the concentrated tahina.

If you are in a rush and want to make the recipe in under 10 minutes then don't toast the ingredients (it doesn't make a huge difference if you don't) and cut the bars after only a few minutes in the fridge.

If you wait too long to cut the bars then they will be too hard to cut.

Variations:

Any ingredients can be used as long as you have 3 cups of dry ingredients to the 1 1/2 cups of honey, sugar and tahina. The reason that the dry ingredients have been seperated is to toast those ingredeints that need to be toasted. Feel free to add any other dry ingredient that you want as long as you keep the quantities constant.