Granola Bars

Ok, here it is. You've begged and pleaded and I finally am doing it. I will type out the basic recipe first and then list all the different modifications. I make a batch of these every week and it literally take like 5 minutes to mix them up and maybe 15-18 minutes to bake them.

Ingredients:
4 C rolled oats
1 C whole wheat flour
1/4 C wheat germ (optional) or crushed flax seed
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 C brown sugar
1/2 C Sunflower seeds, pepitas, walnuts, slivered almonds, pecans, or other nut
1 C any combination of craisins, raisins, dried apricots, dried apples, dates, etc
2/3 C Peanut butter
1 T vegetable oil
1 egg
1/4 C water
1/2 C honey, maple syrup, or sugar free syrup

Combine all these ingredients in a bowl with a mixer. It should have a consistency of oatmeal cookies. If not, add another Tbsp of water or so until proper consistency is reached. Press the mixture down into a 9x13 pan and bake at 325* for 15-20 minutes.

To decrease the calories: So if you are really trying to watch calories and these are a bit dense for your needs, then you can substitute half of the peanut butter with canned pumpkin or applesauce or really with any fruit puree you like. Also, use sugar free pancake syrup in place of honey.

Flavor Combinations: These are just some of the combos I like:
* sunflower seeds, pepitas, craisins, apricots
* walnuts, apples, cinnamon
* pumpkin, walnut, raisins