My energy bars came out of the oven a couple hours ago, and I just put them away. They turned out wonderfully this time, and of course it figures that I didn't measure what I did to the recipe. :) My cooking style drives Joshua crazy... he can't stand to watch me pouring things in from the bags, or spooning in honey instead of measuring!

(As a side note, when I was younger, I once was making bread and decided to start just scooping in the shortening instead of measuring. One of the times I them measured what I had scooped, and it was very close the the right amount! And no, I don't use shortening... my mom does ;D)

Anyway, tonight I was making energy bars. I have been experimenting with the recipe, and using all honey instead of sugar and corn syrup. They were turning out chewy, but crumbly. Tonight I was low on honey, and didn't have nearly enough, so I just put in all I had... maybe 1/2 cup or so. Then I put in a cup of white sugar, and a loose 1/2 cup of brown sugar, but decided to add some more brown later. I measured my oats, but I think I only put in 8.5 cups instead of 9.5 cups, since I wanted to add other goodies. I poured in the rest of my chopped almonds (maybe 1/3 cup) and threw in some sunflower seeds, ground flaxseed, and coconut. Then I stirred it all together and decided to add more flax.

And it figures that these would turn out JUST how Joshua likes them -- chewy but the least crumbly they have EVER been. He saw me cutting them and said, "Wow! Those look good!" I said, "I know. Too bad I don't have the recipe." :D