Hey everyone, hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chewy granola bars. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chewy Granola Bars is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it's fast, it tastes yummy. They're fine and they look fantastic. Chewy Granola Bars is something that I've loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chewy granola bars using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chewy Granola Bars:

1. {Get 2 1/2 C of old fashioned rolled oats.
2. {Prepare 1/2 C of natural almonds, coarsely chopped.
3. {Take 1/3 C of orange blossom honey.
4. {Get 1/4 C of unsalted butter.
5. {Take 1/4 C of dark brown sugar.
6. {Take 1 Tbs of Chia seeds.
7. {Make ready 1/4 Teaspoon of salt.
8. {Prepare 1/4 C of dried cranberries, coarsely chopped.
9. {Make ready 1/4 c of dried golden raisins, coarsely chopped.
10. {Make ready 1 Tbs of flaxseed.
11. {Take 1/2 Teaspoon of Vanila.
12. {Prepare 1/4 C of plus 2 teaspoon mini chocolate chips.

Steps to make Chewy Granola Bars:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line bottom and sides of a 8-inch or 9-inch square pan with aluminum foil. Then lightly oil or spray with cooking spray..
2. Add oats and almonds to a small baking sheet then bake 5 minutes, stir and bake another 3 to 5 minutes until lightly toasted. Transfer to a large bowl..
3. Combine butter, honey, brown sugar, vanilla extract and the salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally until butter melts and the sugar completely dissolves..
4. Pour butter mixture in to bowl with toasted oats and almonds. Mix well. Let cool about 5 minutes then add cranberries and a 1/4 cup of the mini chocolate chips..
5. Stir to combine. (The chocolate chips will most likely melt a little. This is fine, they turn into glue and help to hold the bars together)..
6. Transfer oat mixture to lined pan then use a rubber spatula or damp finger tips to firmly press the mixture into the pan..
7. (Press hard here, this way the bars will stay together once cooled and cut — We press for about one minute to be extra safe)..
8. Scatter remaining 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips over pressed granola mixture then use a rubber spatula to gently press them into the top. Cover then refrigerate at least 2 hours..
9. Remove block of granola mixture from pan then peel away aluminum foil. Cut into 12 bars..
10. Store bars in an airtight container for up to one week. For the softest bars, keep at room temperature. For slightly harder bars, store in the fridge..

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