Gluten Free Granola Goodness

My quest for affordable gluten free snacks has given me the push that I have been waiting for! I have been wanting to make granola bars forever now and this was my first go at it. Now here comes the disclaimer.... My goal was granola BARS, the outcome was more like crumbly granola! But tasty none the less and gobbled up no problem by the other three family members.

I started with a random collection of things I both bought, and found in my baking cupboard.

Ingredients:

Most important... Gluten free oats (I used Bob's Red Mill gluten free, available at thrifty's)
shredded coconut
dried fruit (papaya, pineapple, craisins, raisins)
peanuts
almonds
sunflower seeds
(I wanted to add ground flax and a couple shakes of cinnamon as well, but I forgot!)

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup earth's balance  'butter'

I mixed up all the nuts, fruit and oats. Then in a saucepan I melted the butter and stirred in the honey and sugar. Then I poured this on top and mixed it all up well. I pressed it into my pan and popped it into the oven for about 20 minutes.

In retrospect I might of tried adding an egg as it was sort of crumbly and made a big ol' granola mess of my sometimes clean floors. I also maybe would of cooked it another 5 minutes or so. The brown edges seemed to stick together better than the rest of it, but I was afraid of burnt oats, cause that is yuck!


All in all I would most definitely make these again. Much cheaper and yummier than store bought, and the bowl is always fun to lick.... ummmmm, for the kids I mean....