What you need,
¼ cup butter
¼ smooth peanut butter
½ cup honey
2/3 cup brown sugar
3½ cups oats, I used quick cook because it is what I had
2 cups rice cereal
1 tsp. vanilla extract
¾ cup dried cranberries or raisins
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, mini chips would work even
better than the regular sized ones I had but they were fine
Like a 9X13 inch baking pan with parchment paper, spray
lightly with non-stick spray.
In a large bowl stir together the oats, rice cereal and
dried cranberries.
In a small saucepan combine the butter, peanut butter, honey
and brown sugar. Heat over medium until the mixture comes to boil, stirring
occasionally.
Reduce the heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Remove the mixture
from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
Pour over the oat mixture and stir to combine well. Press the mixture evenly into the pan and
sprinkle with the chocolate chips. Press the chips lightly to make them stick.
Cool in the fridge for an hour or 2 before cutting into
bars. I got 12 bars. I wrapped them each in saran wrap then put
them all into a large zip top bag. I kept them in the fridge until I was ready
to toss them into my lunch bag.
Jen of My Tiny Oven
