Granola Bars: A Recipe Requiring Moderate Work

Hello my fellow lazy cooks! Today we are stepping things up in the work department and making granola bars...The great thing about these is that you can exchange most of the ingredients I am going to give you with healthier options or hypo-allergenic options. But for the sake of the average person's cupboard and pocketbook, I am going to list common ingredients.

FOR THIS RECIPE YOU WILL NEED:
2 Cups Instant Oatmeal
4 Tbs Peanut Butter
2Tbs Honey
3Tbs Chopped Nuts
1/2 Cup Dark Chocolate Chips

Preheat oven to 300. Mix together honey and peanut butter. Add oatmeal 1/2 cup at a time, mixing thoroughly in between. If you try to add it all a once, you will have a hard paste that you can barely stir and it sucks. Once oatmeal is mixed well, add chopped nuts and a tiny handful of chocolate chips if you like. Really, you can add just about anything you want in but this is my blog, not yours so neiner neiner neiner...

Spray a small flat baking pan with some non-stick or olive oil or you will have some pretty big problems later. I don't know what size to tell you since I used half of my huge pan to do it last night and the other half to make pizza bites. Mash your mixture into it and press it flat with a spatula. Stick it in the oven for about 15 minutes.

Pull it out, flip the mixture as best you can and don't worry about keeping it in one piece since it will not stay that way until after it has cooled. Mash it back down, place in oven for another 10 to 15, keeping an eye on it. Once it looks golden brown, pull it out and let sit for about 5 minutes. Use your spatuala after that time to create squares out of your giant granola bar and walk away for about an hour...

Once your mixture is not warm anymore, melt the remainder of your chocolate and use a spoon to drizzle pretty patterns all over the top of your creation...Place bars in fridge overnight and eat the next day. You will be glad you took the time to make this pain in the ass recipe.

NOTE: Some people are allergic to peanuts and can effectively use sun butter and craisins instead. Some people are allergic to gluten and can find oatmeal that has been processed away from wheat factories. Some people are diabetic and can use agave nectar instead of honey. Basically, all I am trying to say is that you just need your oats to stick together and it really doesn't matter what you use, just keep yo crap from burnin'!

Cinnamon Rolled Toast

Today I did an experiment. I wanted a cinnamon roll and I didn't want to go to the mall for it. So I did what I usually do and look in my cupboards for some random ingredients to satisfy this preggo's need.

For This Recipe You Will Need:
White or Raisin Bread
Butter
Cinnamon
Sugar




Preheat your oven to 350 and foil a flat pan. Tear the crust off of your bread and eat it or throw it away. Give it to the dog if you want; basically, you don't need it. Cover both sides in butter BEFORE  moving on to the next step or you will get deformed rolls with ripped bread. Once you have flattened both sides, roll your bread flat, or if you are like, just smash it flat with your hand. Mix cinnamon and sugar in equal parts and sprinkle on one side of your buttered bread. Roll your bread into a spiraled tube and cut it in half at a slight angle. Make as many of these as you need or want. Bake for 5 minutes on one side, flip and bake for another 2 minutes. Let cool and eat...

It's not exactly a cinnamon bun but its pretty yummy anyway...