Simple, Chewy Peanut Butter Raisin Granola Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups crispy rice cereal
2 cups old fashioned oats
1/2 cup raisins (or other dried fruit)
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
cooking spray

Preparation

In a large bowl, combine cereal, oats and raisins (or other fruit). Set aside.
In a small pan, mix brown sugar and corn syrup. Heat and stir until boiling.
Remove brown sugar mixture from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla.
Pour brown sugar/peanut butter mixture over the cereal mixture and stir to mix well (until everything appears to be coated in the peanut butter mixture).
Spray a 9x13 inch glass baking dish with cooking spray and press the mixture firmly into it.
Cool and cut into 16 bars. Store in an airtight container.