Homemade granola bars are much easier to make than you might think. These bars, with sultanas and dried cherries, are fruity and delicious and perfect for snacking on the go.
I like to make these granola bars for popping in lunch boxes and snacking – I keep them in the fridge for when hunger hits.
These don’t need any cooking, just chilling time in the fridge, which makes them incredibly easy and great for children to help making too!
These are super versatile so get creative with the fillings when you’ve made them a couple of times.

Granola Bars – The Ingredients
- Smooth peanut butter – you’ll want a peanut butter that’s very smooth and not too thick. If it is very thick, you’ll need to add a little water as per the recipe to make sure all of the ingredients come together.
- Runny honey – this brings all of the sweetness to your granola bars.
- Porridge oats – any bog standard porridge oats are fine. I buy the basics porridge oats from my local supermarket and use those – it makes this recipe really economical.
- Sultanas and dried cherries – these fruits add some lovely flavour to these bars. Feel free to mix it up though – raisins, nuts and chocolate chips would all work.

Top Tips
- Making the mix When you add the oats, sultanas and cherries to the peanut butter and honey, it may be a little difficult to mix. Just keep going until it starts to come together and looks well incorporated, then you can tip it into the tin and use your baking parchment to really press it together.
- Storing the granola bars Keep these bars in the fridge. They’re best stored with layers of baking parchment between the slices so that they don’t stick together.
- Freezing These bars can be frozen – keep in the freezer for up to 3 months. Defrost thoroughly before eating.
More lunch box snack ideas:
- Pesto Egg Bites
- Cheddar and Chorizo Muffins
- Cheddar, Onion and Pea Puff Pastry Rolls
- Mini Beef Tartlets
- Beetroot and Wensleydale Tartlets
- Savoury Scones with Feta
- Sweetcorn, Feta and Jalapeño Savoury Muffins
- Cheesy Feta Puffs
- Lemon and Blackberry Muffins
- Smoked Cheese Sausage Rolls
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Granola Bars
October 6, 2024Ingredients
- 200 g smooth peanut butter
- 150 g runny honey
- 200 g porridge oats
- 50 g sultanas
- 75 g dried cherries
Instructions
- Put the peanut butter and honey into a large bowl. Stir until combined. If the mixture is very stiff, add 2 tablespoons of water and stir again.
- Add the oats, sultanas and cherries. Mix until combined.
- Line a 24cm/9in square cake tin with baking parchment. Tip your mixture into the tin. Use another sheet of baking parchment to press the mixture down into the tin, making sure it reaches all of the edges and is even on top.
- Put in the fridge and leave for an hour to chill.
- Remove from the fridge and cut into slices to serve. Keep any leftover granola bars in the fridge.

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