Finger lickin' good...

Before I begin I must point out that all recipes that I put on this blog are not mine. I have either found them in cook books, magazines, online, or received the recipe from someone. If I could give the credit where due, I would, but I can't remember for most of them. With that being said, here are two of my standby recipes.

Granola Bars

Dry Ingredients

2-3 cups of rolled oats

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup wheat germ (I used bran flakes that I crushed up)

3/4 tsp cinnamon

1 cup all purpose flour (I use whole wheat flour)

3/4 tsp salt

Addition ideas:

1 cup raisins

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1 cup cranberries

fresh fruit

Wet Ingredients

1/2 cup honey (I add 1/4 cup agave syrup)

1 egg, beaten

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 - 1 cup apple sauce *optional

1/2 cup peanut butter *optional

2 tsp vanilla

Mix all the dry ingredients together. In a seperate bowl combine wet ingredients. Pour wet into dry ingredients and using hands combine. At this point make sure your mixture is quite moist.

Pat the mixture into a greased 9x13 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Take out once edges are browning. Cool for 5 minutes, before cutting out. Do not let it cool before cutting out as you will have a hard time getting it out.

*I have played around lots with this recipe. I have tried different combinations. I always make sure the mixture is moist. My first batch were too dry and crumbled. I ended up using it as granola for my yogurt.

Hope you enjoy this goodie!!!

Spicy Maple Grilled Wings

1 package (18-24) chicken wings

1/2 tsp each of salt, pepper, and paprika

1/4 cup pure maple syrup

3 tbsp brown sugar

1 tbsp butter

3 tbsp Thai Chili Sauce

Mix together salt, pepper, and paprika; then season wings. Preheat oven to 370 degrees. Start baking the wings. Meanwhile in a small saucepan, add syrup, sugar, butter and chili sauce. Bring to a simmer, whisky briskly. Remove from heat. Baste wings with mixture. *I adapted this recipe as the recipe called for the wings to be grilled on the bbq. I basically baste the wings every 5 to 10 minutes with the chili mixture. In total I maybe bake the wings for 30ish minutes. Use your judgement with basting and when your wings are done.

This is probably my fave recipe that I have!!! Hope you enjoy!

B