If you’ve never made granola bars before, it really is super simple. It’s almost no bake! The only baking involved is toasting the oats in the oven for a few minutes.
Once the oats are toasted, I combine my honey, butter, brown sugar and vanilla. That mixture is cooked for just a few minutes, long enough to melt everything.
I let both my oats and liquid mixture cool for a bit (a step you can skip if you aren’t adding chocolate chips to your bars) and then combine them in a bowl.
I then mix in my mini chocolate chips, and if I’m using them, dried fruits. Once this mixture is combined it’s pressed into a pan that has been lined with foil or parchment paper.