Chewy Coconut Cashew Granola Bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup Brown Sugar, Packed
• ⅔ cups Peanut Butter
• ½ cups Corn Syrup
• ½ cups Butter, Melted
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1-½ teaspoon Coconut Extract
• 3 cups Quick Cooking Oats
• ⅓ cups 9-grain Cereal (or Additional Oats)
• ¼ cups Ground Flax Seed
• ½ cups Roughly Chopped Cashews
• ½ cups Miniature Chocolate Chips
• 1 cup Coconut

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 350ºF.

In large bowl, combine brown sugar, peanut butter, corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and coconut extract.

Stir in oats and cereal. Add in all remaining ingredients.

Press evenly into lightly greased 9”x13” pan. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely before cutting into bars (a pizza cutter works great for this).

Note: toasting the nuts and coconut for 5-10 minutes heightens their flavour even more, if you want to take that extra step!