Homemade Classic Granola Bars

Hello everyone!  Well I completely spaced and didn't take any pictures of my dinner!  I had some whole wheat pasta with spicy marinara.  It was pretty darn good :)  Anyways, instead of dinner, I will blog about my granola bars that I made yesterday.  

Ingredients: 

• 2 cups oats (quick oats)
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
• 1 cup Nasoya silken style tofu, mixed with 1 tsp vanilla extract (*could also use the Vanilla Nasoya Silken Creations that Whole Foods seemed to be out of!)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
2. Spray an 8 X 12 (or 9 X 11) pan with cooking spray. 
3. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir. 
4. Spread out on pan. 
5. Bake for 40-45 min. 
6. Let cool and enjoy!

Here's a picture of the silken tofu mixed with 1 tsp vanilla: 

Here's the finished creation: 

These turned out really great!  I started out with a recipe that I found on Nasoya's website but I altered it to include all the ingredients I like.  I cut it into 12 granola bars, but that's up to you how big you want them.  I froze some and have some in my cabinet for this week.  It's so easy to make granola bars.  I think I'm going to experiment with this some more in the future!