Granola Bars (gluten free)4 cup rolled oats
1 cup coconut (optional)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg (optional)
1/2 cup seeds or (sunflower, sesame, raisins, wheat germ, i.e.)
1 cup or less of nuts (your choice)
1 tsp. vanilla or almond-lemon extract (optional)
3/4 c. honey (brown sugar or molasses)
1 cup sunflower oil or cut to 3/4's olive oil
2 Tbs. cream
Bake 10 minutes, 325
Pat down in cookie 2 regular cookie sheets and watch closely, as they burn easily.
When brown at the bottom, take out and cut into bars while warm. Let them cool and remove.
This next oatmeal cookie recipe has basically the same directions and I mostly bake up these. Everyone loves them. Their will be no left overs if done right. With two basically same cookie recipes showing some variations. One is using honey instead of sugar i.e.
Experiment with them and make them your family's favorite too. I did.
Granola Oatmeal Cookies
4 c. oatmeal (The better the oatmeal the better the cookie.)
1 3/4 c. dark brown sugar
1 c. olive oil (or mono oil)
Mix this with your hands, cover and let the mixture stand for about 8 hours. Set aside
Then Mix:
2 well beaten eggs
1/2 t. salt
1 t. almond extract
1 c. silvered almonds, chopped pecans or other nuts
Bake 10 min (they look like a hay stack, but when baked they come together. Pull out and let them bake a few min. in pan on top of stove on the cookie sheet if you don't like crisp cookies.
350 degrees
Cool both cookie recipes in pan before removing.
The oil, eggs and the nuts slows down the blood from releasing so fast. I am a diabetic and can eat these cookies. They're great for breakfast.
*Crumble them up for granola cereal!
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