Granola Bar Recipe

For Brenda - my easy granola bar recipe.  Easily adaptable to family likes/dislikes.

1 C. Karo Syrup
1 C. sugar
1 C. almond butter, sunbutter, peanut butter (creamy or smooth)
        (I used almond butter)
The recipe calls for a total of 8 C dry ingredients.  Following is what I used:
4 C. oats (I used quick oats)
2 C. rice krispies (or your preferred cereal)
1 C. sunflower seeds (I used roasted, but not salted)  My sister used flax seed, but I couldn't find any.  Or you could use chopped nuts, or more oats/cereal. 
1/2 C. mini choc. chips (or mini M&M's) (the choc. chips melted when I stirred in the sugar mixture, which again made me think I had got the sugar mixture too warm, but I think I prefer it melted, because then Amelia can't pick out the choc. chips)
1/2 C. raisins, chopped (or other dried fruit)
1/4 C. shredded coconut (I'm not a big fan of coconut, but this small amount just added sweetness without too much coconut flavor)

In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients; set aside.
In a small pan, heat and mix the Karo syrup and sugar until well-blended.  Add almond butter and mix.  When well blended, pour over the dry ingredients and mix well.  (I had a really hard time mixing it; not sure if I over-warmed the Karo syrup mixture?)  When well blended, pour into a greased cookie sheet; press mixture into pan and let cool.  When cool, cut into bars.  (I got over 24 bars.)  Wrap in foil.  Refrigerate and/or freeze to keep fresh.

(Not a great picture, but you get the idea.)