Granola Bars Crumbly
Your granola bars fall apart because the binder was too little or the mix was dry. Warm and press to reset.
Part of breakfast cooking fixes and dry food fixes .
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Ingredients on hand
- granola bar mixture
- honey
- nut butter
- pan
- parchment
Why it happened
Bars need a sticky binder to hold the oats and nuts together. Warming the binder helps it coat the dry mix.
The fix
- 1 warm 2 tablespoons honey with 1 tablespoon nut butter
- 2 mix into the crumbs and press firmly into a lined pan
- 3 chill 20 minutes before cutting
If it's still wrong
- serve as granola over yogurt
- press into small clusters for trail mix
Prevent next time
- use enough binder to lightly coat all dry ingredients
- press very firmly before chilling
Notes
Why this works
Sticky binders glue the oats and nuts into a bar. Warming and pressing increases contact so the mixture sets into clean slices.
Substitutions
- honey → maple syrup
- nut butter → tahini
More dry fixes
Other breakfast fixes