Toasted Coconut Granola Bars

Ingredients

• 3 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup almonds
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup raisins, or more to taste
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup wheat germ
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup honey
• 4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Spread oats, coconut, and almonds onto a baking sheet; toast in preheated oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.

Mix toasted oats mixture with flour, raisins, brown sugar, wheat germ, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl; add eggs, canola oil, honey, and vanilla extract and mix into a sticky mixture.

Generously grease a baking sheet. Spread the mixture into the baking sheet in an even layer, reaching completely to the edges.

Bake in preheated oven until golden, about 30 minutes; carefully cut into bars immediately upon removal from oven.

Let bars cool completely until hard before removing from sheet, at least 30 minutes.