Cherry Granola Bars

Name: Cherry Granola Bars
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 150 g Cherries; 50 g whole almond kernels with skin; 250 g Butter; 200 g demerara sugar; 2 TABLESPOONS Maple syrup; 250 g fluffy oats; 50 g Whole-wheat flour; baking paper

AUTHOR
Andrew Gay

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
30 mins

TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 16

150 g Cherries
50 g whole almond kernels with skin
250 g Butter
200 g demerara sugar
2 TABLESPOONS Maple syrup
250 g fluffy oats
50 g Whole-wheat flour
baking paper

Directions

1
Line a square springform pan (approx. 24 x 24 cm) with baking paper. Clean, wash, halve and stone the cherries. Coarsely chop the almonds.
2
Cut butter into cubes and put them in a pot with the sugar. Heat and melt butter in it while stirring. Carefully mix syrup, oat flakes, flour, almonds and cherries with the butter-sugar mixture in the pot.
3
Remove the pot from the heat, fill the mixture into the mould and smooth it down.
4
Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 15 minutes, remove from oven and let cool on a cake rack. Carefully remove from the baking tin with the baking paper and chill for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
5
Cut into pieces of about 6 x 6 cm.