White Chocolate and Craisin Granola Bars

Instructions

In a medium sauce pan over medium heat add the butter and cook until melted. Add the brown sugar, honey, milk, salt, and dried cranberries to the melted butter and stir to combine. Let the mixture come to a boil and boil for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Take the pan off the heat and add vanilla and cinnamon. In a large bowl add the oats and crispy rice cereal and then pour the cooked mixture over the top. Stir until well combined. Dump the mixture onto one side of a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Press the mixture into the pan using the greased bottom of a measuring cup. The finished bars will take up about 2/3 of the pan and be about 3/4 of an inch thick. Allow the bars to cool and set for at least an hour.

After the bars have had time to cool, place them and the parchment paper they are still on, on a cutting board. Cut into bars using a sharp knife, but leave them close together (see pictures below). Melt the white chocolate in a mug over high heat in the microwave until smooth, stirring often. Drizzle the chocolate evenly over all of the bars. Allow the chocolate to cool and set for at least an hour. When the chocolate is set, cut the bars again with a sharp knife in the same places you cut before. Gobble them up or store in an air-tight container for later.