Chocolate Chip Granola Bars - Zitarice sa cokoladom – domaca Bonzita

Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

  

Ingredients:

   2 cups             quick-cooking oats (use quick-cooking oats – don't substitute rolled oats)

   1 cup               crispy rice cereal

1/3 cup               light brown sugar

1/4 cup               honey

   4 tablespoons  unsalted butter

1/2 teaspoon      vanilla extract

   3 tablespoons  mini chocolate chips

Preparation:

Use the an 8-inch square baking pan and spray it with nonstick cooking spray or smear with thin layer of oil . Put the aluminum foil on the pan leaving an overhang on opposite sides to lift the bars out afterward. Spray the foil with nonstick cooking spray or smear with the oil.

Mix the oats and rice cereal in a heatproof bowl. Add the brown sugar, honey, and butter to a small saucepan and set over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until the sugar has melted. Bring the mixture to a simmer then reduce the heat to low and continue to cook for 1 more minute. Turn off the heat under the pan and stir in the vanilla extract.

Pour the wet ingredients (heat mixture) over the dry (oats and rice cereal) and stir with a rubber spatula until well combined – the dry ingredients should be all moistened. Pour the mixture to the prepared pan. Spread in an even layer and press to compact (must really compact the mixture or granola bars will be crumbly). Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top of the mixture and lightly press down on them with the spatula to compact. You can also sprinkle dried fruits like raisins, cranberry and similar.

Leave it for at least 2 hours (it can be leave to the fridge briefly to speed things up and make them easier to cut). Use the foil handles to lift out then cut into bars. Each bar wrap with plastic wrap. Store it at room temperature for up to 5 days if you don't eat them before.

Notice: Difference of oats can see here: http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-steelcut-138355

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Zitarice sa cokoladom – domaca Bonzita

Sastojci:

   2 solje        brzo skuvani ovas (koristite bzo kuvani ovas a ne rolovani, vise isuseni)

   1 solja        hrskave pirincane pahuljice

1/3 solja        svetlo braon secera

1/4 solja        meda

   4 kasike     maslaca

1/2 kasicica  vanilla extracta

   3 kasike     mini chocolate chips – drobljene cokolade

Priprema:

Cetvrtasti pleh velicine 20 cm poprskajte sprejem za podmazivanje ili premazite tankim slojem ulja. Stavite na dno pleha aluminijumsku foliju ostavljajuci sa strane malo vise folije kako biste lakse izvadili plocice. Poprskajte foliju sprejom ili premazite tankim slojem ulja kako se plocice ne bi mnogo zalepile za foliju.

Pomesajte ovas i pirincane pahuljice u posudi koja moze izdrzati visoku temperaturu. Braon secer, med i maslac stavite u serpicu ili tiganj na srednju temperaturu. Kuvajte povremeno mesajuci dok se secer ne rastopi. Masu zagrevati do pojave mehurica a ne do vrenja a onda smanjiti temperaturu i  nastaviti jos oko 1 minut. Skloniti sa sporeta i umesati extract vanile.

Prelijte zagrejanu masu preko ovsa i pirinca i mesajte gumenom spatulom dok se masa ne ujedini i suvi sastojci se potpuno ne natope. Izlijte masu na pripremljenu foliju i rastanjite u ravnomernom sloju (morate dobro izjednaciti inace ce masa biti rastresita i u parcicima). Drobljenu cokoladu pospite preko mase i lagano utisnite spatulom. Mozete posuti i suvo grozdje, brusnicu ili slicno ako volite.

Ostavite oko 2 sata (moze se staviti i u frizider kako bi se brze steglo i lakse sekle stanglice). Podignite foliju kako bi se masa odlepila i isecite stanglice. Svaku stanglicu – plocicu uvijte masnim papirom i ostavite na sobnoj temperaturi do 5 ako ih ne pojedete ranije.

Napomena: Razlike u ovsu mozete pogledati ovde: http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-steelcut-138355