White chocolate cranberry granola bars

   Homemade granola and granola bars are the easiest things you can make at       home.

Both recipes are quick,easy and versatile and can easily be changed up to suit your tastes. And believe me even if it sounds like a cliché once you make your own homemade granola or bars,it will be very hard to go back to the store bought ones.

After seeing so many granola bars recipes in my facebook feed lately, i became a little obsessed with these too.It seems people love them and with a good reason because they are healthy and are loaded with lots of good ingredients that nourish your body-not to mention big on taste!!

Yield :about 15 bars

Ingredients:

• 300g rolled oats
• 65g dried cranberries,chopped
• 65g dates,chopped
• 65g walnuts,chopped
• 40g coconut flakes
• 30g brown sugar
• 100g unsalted butter
• 150g honey or corn syrup
• 2tsp vanilla extract

Glaze:

• 100g white chocolate
• 2-3 tbsp heavy cream

DIRECTIONS

• Preaheat oven to 180ºC/350ºF(convection/fan forced mode)
• Line a 26 x 18 cm rectangular baking pan with wet parchment paper.
• In a large bowl  combine rolled oats, chopped cranberries, chopped dates, chopped walnuts and coconut flakes.Set aside.
• Place the butter,brown sugar and honey in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over low heat.Stir until butter is completely melted about 4-5 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla extract.
• Pour the mixture over dry ingredients and stir well to combine.

• Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.Wet the back of a spoon and lightly press the mixture evenly into the pan.

• Bake at 170ºC for 15-20 minutes until  light golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and set aside to cool completely.
• Once cooled,melt the white chocolate with 2-3 tablespoons heavy cream in a bain-marie.Using a knife or fork drizzle the white chocolate on top.
• Place in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.Cut into squares and serve at room temperature.

That's all, folks!
Enjoy!

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