Cranberry Granola Bars

Cranberry Granola Bar
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Last night Danielle came by and her and I (in addition to eating some wonderful Thai food) made some cranberry granola bars based on the Good Eats Granola Bar recipe from the Power Trip episode.

What was done is the recipe above was used, with the following changes:

· Salted sunflower seeds were used, and the normal salt in the recipe was cut back slightly.
· Only cranberries were used, and they were chopped relatively finely.
· Toasted wheat germ, all that was available, was used.
· Due to my mistake a bit of extra honey (perhaps 8oz. was used).
· A 8″ x 8″ glass pan was used, as a 9″ x 9″ (as called for in the recipe) was unavailable.

Other than that, the recipe was made as described. Next time I’ll do a few things differently:

· Use hulled sunflower seeds. In-hull seeds contain more fiber, but don’t crisp up enough to be comfortable for all to eat.
· Line the dish with parchment, as it was difficult to remove the bars.
· Let the bars cool part-way after baking, then remove them from the dish, then cut.
· Possibly use a larger dish so that thinner bars can be made.

Also, a detailed photo of the texture of the bar can be seen here.