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Homemade Scotchie Granola Bars

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Hello Friends!

Did you know today is the first day of spring? 

It’s also my Grandma Rosalie’s birthday, which suits her well being a big gardener.   

Happy Birthday Grandma Rose!!

It’s super rainy here…isn’t April supposed to be the rainy month?
 (*April Showers Bring May Flowers…But What Did the Mayflower Bring?*)

It’s weird because the grass actually looks greener just from two days of being all drizzly out.

If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter or read my sister’s birthday post, you might know how excited I am that I made my very first granola bars EVER!  

They actually originated from a monster cookie recipe from Something Swanky, but after the tweaking, it seemed more like a granola than a cookie.

Thus was born…

Homemade Scotchie Granola Bars {Print Recipe}


Adapted from Something Swanky’s Monster Cookies

Ingredients:

  • 3 TBS Chia seeds + 9 TBS warm water to make Chia gel 
  • 1/2 cup salted butter, slightly melted (if you use unsalted, which I am switching to, also add 1 tsp salt)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1 + 1/2 cup crunchy peanutbutter
  • 4 + 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup slivered almonds
  • 1/2 package butterscotch chips

How To:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, chia gel, and almond extract.
  2. Add crunchy peanutbutter.
  3.  Try to distribute baking powder and baking soda into the mix evenly.
  4. Add oats.  Fold in almonds and butterscotch chips.
  5. Let dough sit in the fridge atleast an hour or overnight to let the old fashioned oats absorb some moisture.
  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  7. Let dough sit on the counter 10 minutes or so to soften.
  8. Smoosh dough onto a 8×11 cake pan.
  9. Pack down HARD!
  10. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until edges are a little brown.
  11. Wait 10-15 minutes before cutting.  Cut into granola bars OR use the crumbled bits for granola on yogurt, icecream and more!

They are were a little on the sweet side for healthy granola bars, so these definitely fall into the category of semi-healthy.  I would probably take the sugar down 1/2 a cup for a healthier version.

I would like to point out that I ate quite a bit of dough before baking these guys…quite a bit.  So you should probably eat some of it too to make the measurements more accurate. 😉

*The Mayflower brought PILGRIMS by the way…

Well I’m off to watch some 30 Rock and have some fantabulous accidental dessert I made today. 😉

Have a blessed evening all!

*~Amanda aka Semi-Health Nut~*

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