Granola Bars

Granola is a healthy breakfast, snack and quick workout food, and a good supply food for hiking, biking and camping. Recently, granolar has become very popular in the health food section in supermarkets. It consists of rolled oats, honey and nuts. Homemade granola bars are even better because the ingredients are of your own choice. The only thing left is your imaginations. Homemade granola bars should be top of the list for healthy living.
Ingredients:
3 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup walnuts and peanuts chopped
1/2 cup combination of sunflower and pumpkin seeds
1 cup combination of reasons, dried cranberries, dates, dried cherries.
1/4 cup sesame seeds.
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup honey.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325°.
Line a 13" x 10" baking pan with foil. Make sure the foil comes up and over the pan to easily remove the granola bars. Spray with some cooking oil.

Place oats onto the baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Add coconut, sesame seeds and chopped nuts and bake for another 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
While the oats mixture is baking, heat the oil, honey, maple syrup, and sugar in a saucepan over low heat. Cook this syrup until becoming almost caramel.
Remove the oats mixture and pour into a large mixing bowl. Add the sugar liquid and 1 cup of dried fruit. Mix well to coat.

 Pour the whole mixture into the prepared baking pan and bake for 20 minutes. Let it cool completely before cutting into bars. Store in a cookie jar. The granola bars will last for weeks.