SPL Granola Bars

Nearly every year I take a trip down to Strathcona Park Lodge in Campbell River, BC. If you have not been there you should at least once. It is beautiful and the staff there are wonderful. What I love is their granola bars. (oh their granola and yogurt is amazing too). A couple years ago during covid, SPL posted their recipe online. I decided to try it out and see if I could replicate them.

This recipe has all the ingredients of a regular granola bar but the shredded coconut and chocolate chips makes a huge difference. For this recipe you will need, quick oats, butter, oil, honey, brown sugar, shredded coconut, pumpkin seeds sesame seeds, and chocolate chips. (original recipe has sesame seeds but I didn’t have any)

In a sauce pan, I melted the butter, honey, oil and sugar together and allowed to cool for a bit.

In a bowl, mix together all remaining ingredients. Pour in the melted ingredients. (mine was still a bit too warm and melted the chocolate chips. )

Mix well and then place in a grease 9 by 13 pan.

Bake in a 325-350 Degree oven for about 20-30 minutes until it become golden brown. Mine took about 30 minutes because mine was in a smaller pan.

Before the granola bars cool, cut into pieces. Allow to cool and then transfer into an air tight container. Enjoy.

The recipe is great and soften over time. You can crumble some and bake them longer to make them crunchier to add to your yogurt for breakfast. Hope you enjoy them next time you go out on your adventures.

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Granola Bars – SPL – personal yield

Ingredients Yield: 25 bars

275 g Unsalted Butter, softened
250 ml Brown sugar
1.6 L (7 C) Quick oats
227 ml,Unsweetened coconut, shredded
90 ml,Canola oil (or coconut oil, melted)
90 ml,Honey
70 ml,Pumpkin Seeds
25 ml Sesame seeds, toasted
4 ml Sea salt
275 ml Chocolate chips

Method:

In a stand mixer on medium speed, cream together the butter and brown sugar until fluffy.
Meanwhile, heat the oil and honey in a pot until liquid and cool slightly.

Preheat a convection oven to 325 F (350 F if using a conventional oven).

Add to the sugar mixture: oats, coconut, oil & honey mixture, pumpkin & sesame seeds and salt; then mix on low speed until combined equally. Add the chocolate chips and stir in until evenly distributed throughout the mixture.

Grease 9 x 13 baking pan with butter. Divide the granola bar mixture evenly on the baking pan and press firmly (ensuring to fill the corners) with your hands.

Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, rotating after 10 minutes. The “bars” should be light golden brown when done.

While still warm, using a bench scraper (or a knife you don’t like), cut bars (5×5) out. Store when cool in an airtight container or plastic bag.

Now head on your adventure- and join in the long line of awesome people who have been fuelled by these bars!