Kuparuk Peanut Butter Granola Bars
I work for a large remote camp, so my recipes are huge. If youre looking for home baking, there are plenty of similar, but smaller, recipes. Happy baking.
I work for a large remote camp, so my recipes are huge. If youre looking for home baking, there are plenty of similar, but smaller, recipes. Happy baking.
- Carbohydrate 44.6053320286387 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Fat 14.9063252521746 g
- Fiber 5.14585021408207 g
- Protein 7.05918595718884 g
- Saturated Fat 3.56583578333723 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (80g)
- Sodium 100.937100227126 mg
- Sugar 39.4594818145566 g
- Trans Fat 0.694251378141121 g
- Calories 318 calories
Step-by-step
- Cream first 5 ingredients.
- Add dry ingredients, mix until combined.
- Spread on 5 sheet pans, packed.
- Bake for approximately 20 minutes.
- Cut while still warm.
How do you mix thirty pounds of sticky mass without burning out a standard household mixer?
- Use a commercial twenty-quart stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, or divide the ingredients into quarters to process them in batches using a heavy-duty five-quart bowl.
- Cream the peanut butter, honey, brown sugar, margarine, and oatmeal thoroughly until the sugars dissolve into the fats, preventing greasy pockets in the final product.
- Pack the mixture firmly into five standard sheet pans using an offset spatula to ensure the bars hold together structurally when cooled.
- Bake the pans at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for approximately twenty minutes, watching for golden edges and a firm center.
- Cut the bars immediately with a bench scraper while the pans are still warm; cooled bars will shatter unevenly under the blade.
Over-baking dries out the honey and sugar matrix, turning chewy bars into brittle shards. Store the cooled portions in airtight containers with parchment paper between layers to prevent moisture absorption.
