[Home]  [GFCF Recipes]  [Frugal Weight-Loss]  [Food Storage]  [Christian Womanhood]  [Archives]  [Links] [Maggie's Blog]  [Old Fashioned Education]  [Prairie Homemaker] PH is currently a paid site, but still my favorite board ever. Granola Protein Snack Bars 4 cups rolled oats  2 cups Textured Soy Protein (TSP) OR 2 more cups rolled oats 1/4 cup vegetable oil  1/4 cup margarine or butter flavored shortening  1/2 cup sugar  1/4 cup molasses  1/2 teaspoon salt  1 teaspoon cinnamon  2 eggs  1/2 teaspoon baking soda  In a large pot gently heat the oil, margarine, sugar and molasses. Stir in the salt and cinnamon. When the margarine melts and the sugar dissolves. Stir in the rolled oats and TSP. Mix well and allow to cool briefly. Sprinkle on the baking soda and mix in the eggs. The mixture is a little dry. That's okay. Line a 15 by 10-inch jelly roll pan with aluminum foil. Spray the foil generously with nonstick spray. Press the granola mixture FIRMLY into the pan. Use your hands or even a rolling pin to make sure the mixture is pressed as tightly into the pan as possible. Pay special attention to the edges and corners. Bake the bars at 300° for 1 full hour. Remove from the oven and cut into 20 bars (10 pieces by 2 pieces). Allow to cool in the pan. When the bars are completely cold remove the foil from the pan. Re-score the bars if necessary. Eat. Or, you can wrap them individually in foil. My guys love it when I wrap them individually. You may notice below that these bars are extremely high in protein for a granola bar, providing over 33% of your necessary protein for the day. This is thanks to the TSP. You will not taste the TSP at all. It all tastes like granola. These taste quite a bit like Nature Valley granola bars, only not quite as sweet. If desired you may replace 1-cup of rolled oats with carob or chocolate chips, raisins, chopped apricots, finely chopped nuts or anything else that seems good. Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 215 Calories; 7g Fat (26.3% calories from fat); 19g Protein; 24g Carbohydrate; 6g Dietary Fiber; 21mg Cholesterol; 123mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 2 Lean Meat; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates. [Home]  [GFCF Recipes]  [Frugal Weight-Loss]  [Food Storage]  [Christian Womanhood]  [Archives]  [Links]   [Contact Maggie]  [Maggie's Blog]  [Old Fashioned Education]  [Prairie Homemaker] GFCF = Gluten Free & Casein Free The Christian Counter © FrugalAbundance 2007-2009  :-)  And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.  Use hospitality one to another without grudging.  As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.--1 Peter 4:8-10 Called To Cover Powered By Ringsurf