So I wanna make some bars. How do I stick the ingredients together?

[TygrBright]

The ingredients are, roughly: Puffed amaranth, Rice Krispies, chocolate chips, chopped almonds, raisins.

So none of them needs 'cooking'.

I think what I need to do is mix 'em all together with some kind of sweet, sticky ingredient that can, with baking, be rendered sufficiently unsticky to hold it all together and make the shallow pan of bars cut-able and the individual bars pick up-able.

Some possible things we have in the pantry include:

sweetened condensed milk
evaporated milk
Lyle's golden syrup
butter, milk, sugar (white and brown)
eggs (whites?)
maple syrup

I'm looking for suggestions on how much, of what, to add to about 10 cups of other ingredients before mixing them all together and spreading them in a shallow pan.

Then suggestions on how long, at what temperature, to convection bake them.

Ideas?

hopefully,
Bright

[woodsprite]

1. Here's a couple of recipes that may give you some ideas

https://www.cooks.com/recipe/m70ag4ed/granola-bars.html

https://www.cooks.com/recipe/l57bj7n0/peanutty-puff-bars.html

[Warpy]

2. Unstickable?

Good luck.

I've found the only way to do fruit bars is to coat the tops and bottoms with coconut that gets stuck in everybody's teeth, but it is a great flavor combination and there won't be a line at the sink to wash the goo off.

For just plain sweet bars, powdered cocoa is the best bet. Powdered sugar would seem to be good, but it dissolves more readily and you'll have a line at the sink.

Here are some recipes: https://www.bhg.com/recipes/desserts/no-bake-desserts/no-bake-cookies-and-bars/ The pictures look like they all suggest cutting them into serving size pieces.

(OK, I admit it, I don't understand non cooks, at all. That oven had better be broken, Missy)

[Major Nikon]

3. You can just use the rice crispy treats recipe

All you will need you don't already have is marshmallows and you can even make those at home if you like. No baking is required and if you add the chocolate chips right at the end before you put them in the pan they shouldn't melt completely.

[Kali]

4. ha!

exactly where my brain went, too.

[chowmama]

5. Crush either of the puffed cereals

with just enough butter to make a crumb crust. (Add a little sugar if it seems necessary.) Layer the rest of the ingredients and drizzle an entire can of sweetened condensed milk over it. Bake till it's brown and seems like it will set, once cool.

This is a variation of seven layer bars.

[emulatorloo]

6. As others have suggested, find a recipe on the internet and follow it!

You’ll do great! Don’t overthink these things!

[japple]

7. Use the rice krispies treat recipe with marshmallow, butter, etc. and throw in all the

other stuff. It will be sticky, but you can cut into bars once cooled, and it will hold together.