- 3 cups of homemade granola
- 3 tablespoons margarine
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 2 medium eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Optional: 1/2 cup raisins, or peanuts, or chocolate chips, or coconut, or sunflower seeds, or chopped apricots, or dates, or whatever strikes your fancy
You may use any recipe for granola that you like. If it already has peanuts and raisins added then you probably won’t want to add more, but you could if you wanted to. The end results wouldn’t be affected that much either way.
In a 2 quart sized saucepan melt the margarine and peanut butter together. Make sure the heat is low and stir it a lot to melt it evenly. Meanwhile crack both eggs into a cereal bowl and beat them up with a fork. When the margarine and peanut butter are completely melted together remove the pan from the heat. Whisk in the eggs. You have to do this quickly so the eggs won’t cook into scrambled eggs and peanut butter mess. The mixture will thicken and emulsify making a nice dough like texture. Beat in the vanilla. Stir in the prepared homemade granola. Add any optional ingredients to suit your taste. Turn the mixture into an oiled 8-inch square pan. Chill the bars in the fridge until hard. Cut into 16 squares. Serve with milk for a good snack, or pack in lunch boxes as a (relatively) healthy treat.
Hi,
I was wondering if the granola bars could be made with out the peanut butter or what could I substitute. Our son is allergic to peanuts.
Thank you,
CharlieAnn
I am wondering, if I can use Egg-replacer instead of eggs. My son has a severe egg allergy, and I need something for him to gnaw on in Church.
In response to the above comment.. they make a soy butter, which has the same consistency as peanut butter, but isn’t. I have had it, its decent, and in the schools around here, the only “peanut butter” allowed.
You can find it in natural food markets and recently in our local A&P.
Made these the other night and I’m wondering if you left out a step? It seems like they ought to be baked because as they are, they taste way too egg-y. I made them for the hubby and he thinks they’re gross
There is a product called SunButter, which is a peanut butter like spread made with sunflower seeds. I really like it and have used it in some recipes in place of peanut butter. If your son isn’t allergic to tree nuts, they also make almond butter and cashew butter. I would think these would work in place of peanut butter. Although I have not tried with this particular recipe, I frequently use almond butter in place of peanut butter for cookie recipes. I’ve found all three at Meijer and Kroger — don’t have to go to specialty stores to get.
I made a double batch of these bars, put in 9 x 13 pan (starting with granola recipe also found on this site). They were great! I thought of the eggs and refrigeration, but the eggs do get “cooked”. Look forward to making them as a staple treat.
By putting raw egg in this mixture isn’t that dangerous?
How and when does the eggs get cooked? During the hot peanut butter?