Gourmet Food Storage – Ah-Mazing 3 Ingredient Snack

I don’t know how many times I’ve mentioned that I HATE to cook.  Yea, I do it.  Yea, I’m good at it, but it’s one of those skills I’m thankful for to a point and not much beyond that.  So for me and consequently my family CONVENIENCE is the name of the game.  Even when I plan snacks, while there are some snacks that are SO YUMMY that I’ll make them once.  After that, I probably won’t because it’s too much effort, so the snack that I’m going to give you the recipe for today is super simple!  We’re going to make granola bars.

Now, I feel like I should issue a disclaimer at this point.  The recipe isn’t original to me, but I spent a lot of time looking for just the right recipe to share with you.  I had several criteria.  (1) It had to be SUPER SIMPLE!  (2) I needed to be able to make it with ingredients I already had on hand.  (3)  It needed to be no-bake or I needed to be able to make it even if we didn’t have power in the house.

Yes, there are granola bar recipes that abound on the internet.  Just do a search.  Your eyes will possibly pop with all the possibilities when looking for granola bars, but I found the perfect recipe!  Just 3 ingredients, so check off #1.  I already had all these ingredients on hand.  Check off #2.  It is no-bake, but it does require two ingredients to be heated on the stove.  I have a butane stove though, so I can still make it with no power.  Check #3!

I found this recipe on Beaming Baker.

Granola Bar Recipe

5 C oats

2 C natural, unsalted creamy peanut butter – I get mine from Aldi since it’s cheapest there.

1 C maple syrup

Directions:

1.) Line a 9×13 glass baking dish with parchment paper.

2.) Place oats in a bowl.

3.) Mix the peanut butter and maple syrup together.  I’d use a whisk.

4.) Heat it on the stove until the edges start to look bubbly.  Remove from heat immediately.

5.)  Pour over the oats and mix thoroughly.

6.) Pour this mixture into the 9×13 lined glass dish. Mush it down with a spatula or your hands until it looks even.

7.) Refrigerate for 2 hours.  Then cut.

I made these for my family, and they RAVED about them.  Even my non-peanut butter lovin’ girl loved them!  My 11-year-old son said, “If these were a little taller, I’d have you make them for my birthday cake.”  So prepared to be wow-ed!  These are amazing.

What About You?

How much cooking do you do from scratch?  Do you know how to make a bunch of different kinds of foods from just basic ingredients?  What’s your favorite thing to cook from scratch?  Do you hate to cook like me?  I’d love to hear about your adventures in the kitchen.

Reading the recipe is good.  Making the recipe is better!  Remember, knowledge isn’t just knowing something.  It’s living it!

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