Breakfast Bars
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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16 bars
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
- 2 1⁄2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup soy flour
- 1⁄2 cup toasted wheat germ
- 1⁄2 cup sliced almonds
- 1⁄2 cup dried apple, chopped
- 1⁄2 1/2 cup other dried fruit or 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup honey (buy 16 oz. of dark local honey)
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted creamy peanut butter (organic)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Lightly coat a 9x13-inch baking pan with olive oil cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, flour, wheat germ, almonds, apples, and raisins or other dried fruit.
- Stir well and set aside.
- In a small saucepan, stir together honey, peanut butter, and olive oil over medium-low heat until well blended. Do not boil.
- Stir in vanilla extract.
- Add the warmed mixture to the dry ingredients and stir quickly until well combined.
- Pat the mixture into the baking pan and use the bottom of a moistened drinking glass to press firmly to remove air pockets.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, just until the edges begin to brown.
- Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
- Cut into 16 bars (halve lengthwise, then cut into 8 lengths).
- When just cool enough to handle, remove bars from pan and cool completely on rack.
- Place any crumbs that fall into the baking pan and add to turned off oven and later, enjoy as cereal with the milk of your choice.
- Store bars in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
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Reviews
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I wish I could give 3.5 stars as I liked these bars a lot but didn't quite love them.... I used a mix of dried blueberries, cherries and cranberries along with the apples. I do like all the healthy ingredients and they were easy to make. 24 bars seemed like very small bars so I only cut mine into 12, my DH will be eating them and I can guaranty that he'll want a bigger portion.
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