No Bake Granola. It's a great snack and perfect to top your yogurt or cereal with in the mornings! You can also customize the toppings to whatever you like best — raisins, craisins, mini chocolate chips, pistachios, almonds, cashews, coconut flakes, chia seeds, etc.. This is the perfect "basic", no-bake, whole-food granola bar recipe I've tried!

Easy and quick to prepare and, most of all, yummy! Here are some variations on this granola bar recipe that I've come up with over the years. Nut lovers, this would work with walnuts (presumably) or almonds, too. You can cook No Bake Granola using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of No Bake Granola

It's of Wet stuff.
Prepare 1/2 cup of Agave Syrup.
You need 1/2 cup of almond butter.
It's 1/2 cup of chocolate morsels.
You need of Dry stuff.
You need 2 cup of granola cereal.
You need 1/2 cup of dried cranberries.
You need 1/2 cup of Apple, chopped.

Store-bought granola bars are typically packed with sugar and they don't even taste very good. There are a few reasons I obsess over these no bake granola bars. No baking required: all you need is a microwave or stovetop. I live in Arizona, so turning on my oven during the summer months is just not an option.

No Bake Granola step by step

In a saucepan, over medium-low heat, combine the wet ingredients until melted..
Optional- add seasoning to the wet. I have used cinnamon and ancho chili powder to give it a Mexican flavor..
In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients..
Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients while mixing constantly. I recommend a wooden spoon..
When all of the dry is fully saturated with the wet, pour the mess onto a large sheet of parchment paper. Fold over the parchment paper and push the larger flat edge of a cookie sheet into it, wedding the mass onto a long. Stick it in the fridge for about an hour. For Halloween, I had formed it all into a skull which I decorated with icing..
Once it has cooled down, remove the log from the fridge, Peel back the paper, and slice it into discs..

Quick and easy snacks are my favorite, and even better if they require no baking! We clearly love our no bake snacks here, like this cashew cookie no bake bar, brownie larabars, and my favorite nut-free energy balls. It's time to go back to basics with the classic lunch box staple- The humble granola bar. I use peanut butter but you can substitute almond butter if you prefer. Melted butter or coconut oil will work.