Crunchy peanut butter and strawberry granola bars with a sweet glaze, sprinkled with freeze-dried strawberries, arranged on a decorative marble platter with peanut butter and freeze-dried strawberries on the side.

Crunchy Peanut Butter and Strawberry Granola Bars

Enjoy these Crunchy Peanut Butter and Strawberry Granola Bars, packed with toasted oats, roasted peanuts, and freeze-dried strawberries. Sweetened with light corn syrup and brown sugar, these bars are perfectly crunchy, with a creamy peanut butter base and a sweet glaze for an irresistible snack.

Category: Breakfast

Yield: 66 – 4 x 1 ½” bars

Ingredients:

Granola Bar Ingredients

  • 1060 g rolled oats
  • 360 g roasted salted peanuts
  • 140 g freeze-dried strawberries, plus more for sprinkling
  • 120 g neutral oil, such as grapeseed or canola
  • 480 g light corn syrup
  • 640 g light brown sugar
  • 12 g fine sea salt
  • 16 g vanilla extract
  • 480 g Once Again Peanut Butter, unsweetened, creamy 

 

Glaze Ingredients

  • 85 g powdered sugar
  • 18-20 g milk
  • 2 g vanilla extract

Directions:

Toast the Oats and Prepare the Ingredients: Toast the oats on a sheet tray at 350°F for 8-10 minutes. Combine peanuts and freeze-dried strawberries. Bring oil, corn syrup and brown sugar to a simmer. Continue to cook until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat. Stir in salt, vanilla and peanut butter.

Combine Ingredients and Bake: Quickly combine warm oats, peanuts, freeze-dried strawberries and hot syrup. Press mixture into a parchment-lined full sheet tray with a pan extender. Bake bars at 225°F convection for 20-25 minutes. Remove the bars from the oven and score to desired size while still warm. Finish cutting once bars have completely cooled.

Make the Glaze and finish the Bars: Combine glaze ingredients. Spoon or pipe over cooled granola bars.

Crunchy peanut butter and strawberry granola bars with a sweet glaze, sprinkled with freeze-dried strawberries, arranged on a marble platter
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