Apple Cinnamon Granola Bars
Servings:
24
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup quick cooking or old fashion oats (uncooked)
1/2 cup vegetable shortening, margarine or butter
4 apples, washed (or 16 ounce jar of applesauce)
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Put the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, brown sugar, and oats in the mixing bowl. Stir together.
- Add the shortening to the bowl. Use 2 table knives to mix the ingredients and cut them into crumbs.
- Lightly grease the bottom and sides of a 8” X 8” baking dish with a little bit of shortening.
- Spread half the crumb mixture in the greased baking dish.
- Remove the core from the apples and slice them. Put the apple slices into the baking dish (or if using apple sauce, spread it over the crumb mixture.)
- Top the apples (or applesauce) with the rest of the crumb mixture.
- Bake in the oven for 40 – 45 minutes.
- Cut into 24 equal squares when cool. Wrap individual bars in plastic wrap.
