Homemade chocolate chip granola bars - hands on time 5 min.

I've never made my own granola bars until yesterday and I'm starting to realize part of this project is inspired by my desire to avoid going outside in the New England weather to the supermarket.

The end result was a tasty, chewy, sweet granola bar.  My kids aren't really into dried fruit, but I may make a grown up version of this with cinnamon raisin or maybe a dried apricot version!  Given this only took me about 5 min of hands on time, it sure beat taking a trip to the store!  Also, as I continue to experiment with these, it's WAY cheaper than the $1.25 a bar they charge for those fancy granola bars in the store!

Recipe:

• 2 1/4 cups rolled oats
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 tbs honey
• 1/4 c sugar
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.  Lightly grease one 8x8 inch pan. 
2. Mix everything together
3. Pack it firmly into the pan and bake for ~20min.  Let it cool before you cut it into bars.  The little bit of leftover, I have in a Tupperware in the fridge.