Sweet & Salty Granola Bars

Ingredients:

Bars
3 cups (750 mL) Robin Hood® or Old Mill® Oats
1 cup (250 mL) toasted almonds, coarsely chopped
1 cup (250 mL) sunflower or pumpkin seeds or combination of both
1 cup (250 mL) Sun-Maid® Natural Raisins
1 can (300 mL) Regular or Low Fat Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk
½ cup (125 mL) Crisco® All Vegetable Shortening, melted
1 tbsp (15 mL) Windsor® kosher salt
Topping
1 cup (250 mL) Chipits®* Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, melted
¼ tsp (1 mL) Windsor® Kosher Salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Line a 15” x10” jelly roll pan with parchment paper.
2. Combine all ingredients for bars in large bowl. Mix well. Press evenly into prepared pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly.
Topping:
4. Combine melted chocolate and kosher salt. Drizzle over bars. Allow chocolate to harden. Cut into bars.

Note:

1. When lining pan with parchment paper, overlap the sides to allow for easy removal and cutting of squares.

Featured Products:

All-Vegetable Shortening