Care Package #35: Crunchy Bars

I have been trying to find a crunchy granola bar recipe. Something with the texture of a Nature Valley granola bar. This one comes the closest so far, but I think if I make it a wee bit thinner (spread it out in a larger baking sheet) than it might just fit the bill...

Kinda Crunchy Bars

3.5 TBS peanut butter
6 TBS honey
1 TBS vanilla
1 TBS brown sugar
3.5 C old fashioned oats
.3 C dried cranberries
.3 C slivered almonds
cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 and line a 9" x 13" baking pan with parchment paper, leaving two ends long. Warm the peanut butter, honey, vanilla and brown sugar in a pan until the peanut butter has thinned. Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Slowly pour the melted mixture over the dry ingredients, stirring well to make sure everything gets coated. Press the mixture into the pan, using the long ends of the parchment paper. Bake for about 25 minutes, remove from oven and let cool, then cut into bars.

Brian has been super busy with the next round of medical training classes. Hopefully being busy will make the last part of the deployment fly by for him!