Chewy Fruit Granola Bars

• 1-2/3 cups quick-cooking oats
• 3/4 cup sugar plus 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/3 cup oat flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
• 1/2 cup each dried cherries and cranberries
• 1/2 cup flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• 1/2 cup unsalted sunflower kernels
• 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon water

1. In a large bowl, combine oats, sugar, oat flour, salt and cinnamon; mix well. Stir in apricots, cherries, coconut, pecans and sunflower kernels; set aside.
2. In another bowl, whisk together honey, butter, corn syrup, vanilla and water. Add the honey mixture to the fruit mixture; mix until crumbly. Pat into a lightly greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350u0b0 for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown on the edges. Cool in pan for 5 minutes.
3. While still warm, cut into bars. Remove bars to a wire rack to cook completely. Wrap bars individually in plastic wrap or store in an airtight container with parchment paper separating layers.

quickcooking oats, sugar, flour, salt, ground cinnamon, apricots, cherries, flaked coconut, pecans, unsalted sunflower kernels, honey, butter, light corn syrup, vanilla, water

Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chewy-fruit-granola-bars/ (may not work)