Jelly Bars w/ Raisins

A few weeks ago while driving, Shane, who had just finished a snack of her own asked what I was eating and if she could have some.  I told her that I was eating a peanut butter pretzel bar and since she just had a snack I couldn't give her any.  She said ok, then asked if I was "gonna have a jelly bar too?"  I thought that was funny.


A few days later I came up with a jelly bar plan.  I found a granola bar recipe from Alton Brown on foodnetwork.com and we started.  I had MOST of the ingredients.  Substituting agave syrup for some of the honey, and was also a bit short on wheat germ. Before I baked them I added a layer of jelly in-between the granola.  I chose grape and Shane went with mint pepper. Split down the middle, not mixed. Substituting ingredients proved to be somewhat disastrous. They tasted great but didn't stay together.


On Monday Shane wanted to make raisin bars.  Not really sure where that came from but I said okay. I suggested making jelly bars again, she insisted on raisins.  So that's what we made.  I used the same recipe as before, but only had instant oats not rolled.  Shane wanted to use raisins and Craisins.  She put them in a bowl and we added.   While I was putting granola in the pan Shane said "let's put jelly on them too!".  I spread a thin layer of grape jelly over the top before baking.  So, jelly bars w/ raisins( that's what she calls 'em).....

They turned out great. It was fun making these with Shane.