Name: Chewy No-Bake Grain and Oat Bars
Yield: Makes 15
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus more; 4 cups mixed unsweetened puffed grain cereal (such as corn, rice, kamut, and/or millet); 1 cup old-fashioned oats; 1½ cups dried fruit, nuts, seeds, unsweetened shredded coconut or coconut flakes, and/or chocolate chips, chopped if large; ⅓ cup (packed) light brown sugar; ⅓ cup honey; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; ⅓ cup creamy nut butter (such as cashew, almond, or peanut); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Alex Lau

These easy to make, customizable bars are packed with enough virtuous things that you might almost forget they’re dessert. Pack them in lunches, take them on road trips, or serve them for family movie nights—everyone will be happy.

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