Ok so we started the cinnamon sugar bread, I'm a little worried because the dough is a lot runnier than I thought it would be but my fingers are crossed.
The kids helped with the dough, and while we were making this I thought we should make some granola bars also for the next week. I always make these and they never lst a whole week. i got the receipe from Rachel Ray but I replaced the honey with light corn syrup because I had children under the age of 2, and they shouldn't have honey. But everyone liked it this way so I stuck to it. (and corn syrup is cheaper than honey)
Instead of helping me with the bars the kids just ate peanuts. lol
Here is the reciepe for the granola bars:
Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup honey
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups quick cooking oats {not rolled oats!}
1 cup crispy rice cereal
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
Directions:
In a large bowl, stir oats and rice cereal together. Set aside. In a small pot, melt butter, honey and brown sugar together over medium high heat until it comes to a bubble. Reduce the heat and cook 2 minutes. Pour in vanilla and stir. Pour over dry ingredients and mix well to moisten all ingredients. Pour into lightly greased small jelly roll pan {about 12x8x1} and press out to be about 3/4 inch in thickness. {If your pan isn’t small enough, pack the mixture into one side. You really want to press them down so they stick together.} Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips and press down lightly. Cool on a countertop to room temperature for two hours or until the chocolate chips are set before cutting into bars. Wrap in parchment or plastic wrap and store at room temperature.
Recipe Notes: If your granola bars don’t seem to be staying together when you cut them, you may have made them too thin or you didn’t pack them in tight enough. Stick them in the fridge for 20 minutes and that should help keep them together. {Be sure not to keep them in there too long or else they’ll become super hard!} The next time you make them, try reducing the butter to 3 tablespoons and really packing them down.
