Cooking - for a new lifestyle (Our Test Kitchen)

  Prep Time: 15 minutes    Cook Time 25 minutes  Total Time 40 minutes Chewy and healthy homemade granola bars, totally customizable. Author:  Bowen Close (Bowen Appétit), adapted from Smitten Kitchen Recipe Type:  Baking Serves:  12-20 Ingredients  2 cups (160 g) oats  ½ cup (96 g) sugar  ½ tsp. salt  ¼ tsp. cinnamon or other spices as desired (cardamom, nutmeg, etc.)  2½ cups additions: dried fruits, seeds, nuts, flax meal, bran cereal, puffed rice cereal,                 crushed pretzels, chocolate chips … the combinations are endless!  ⅓ cup (60 g) peanut or other nut butter  6 Tbsp. (89 ml) olive oil – canola oil, other oils, and melted butter will work here as well  ¼ cup (60 ml) honey, maple syrup, or Agave syrup  1 Tbsp. (15 ml) water Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 325F. Depending on desired thickness, line a squa...