Honey Oat Granola Bars

Makes 18

 

Ingredients

• 2 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup packed brown raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cardamom
• 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter
• 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons honey

 

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 9-inch square baking pan with foil, allowing foil to extend over sides. Butter foil. Mix oats, raisins, pecans and cardamom in bowl. Combine butter, sugar and honey in medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until butter melts and mixture is smooth and begins to boil. Pour butter mixture over oat mixture and stir until well coated. Transfer to prepared pan. Using spatula, press mixture evenly into pan.

 
After a day at the Science Museum, we had something similar to these in Hyde Park by the Albert Memorial before strolling past the Princess Diana Memorial fountain, all the way up Portolbello Road for Chinese food at Ladbroke Grove on Friday, August 16, 2013.