Since all three kids and my sweet husband love granola bars and my oldest daughter could eat about 3 at a time just by herself I embarked on a journey to find the greatest recipe I could for granola bars. It took a while and some disasters but I found one on allrecipes.com and I tweaked it for our tastes.

Ingredients

• About 4 cups of rolled oats
• 1 cup rice krispie cereal
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup softened butter
• 3/4 cup honey
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup wheat germ
• 2 cups of your choice...we love butterscotch chips but you could add, chocolate chips, dried fruit, raising, nuts, sunflower seeds, etc.

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan. (I use my large bar stone from Pampered Chef)
2. In a large mixing bowl combine all ingredients.
3. Press mixture into prepared pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 18-22 minutes.
4. Let cool for about 10 minutes and cut into bars. Let cool completely before removing from pan.