Homemade Fig Bars for the Bike

Name: Homemade Fig Bars for the Bike
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 10 fig bars, 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups dried black figs (Turkish or Mission recommended); 1/2 cup raisins or 1/2 cup chocolate chips; 1/2 cup dried tart cherries or 1/2 cup dried cranberries; 1 cup almonds; 1/4 cup honey; 1/4 cup flax seed; 1/4 cup oat bran

Submitted by FLKeysJen

"From Cori Downing, who recommends using organic ingredients. Cook time is chill time. Number of servings is estimated."

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photo by CoffeeB

Ready In:: 27mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 10 fig bars
Serves:: 10

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ cups dried black figs (Turkish or Mission recommended)
¹⁄₂ cup raisins or 1/2 cup chocolate chips
¹⁄₂ cup dried tart cherries or 1/2 cup dried cranberries
1 cup almonds
¹⁄₄ cup honey
¹⁄₄ cup flax seed
¹⁄₄ cup oat bran

directions

Place the first six ingredients in a food processor and pulse just until the batter comes together.
Empty the batter onto a sheet of parchment or wax paper sprinkled with oat bran.
Press the mixture with your hands until it's even in height all the way around.
Roll into a long log.
Wrap tightly and let harden overnight in the refrigerator.
Slice off pieces and put in a baggy for your bike ride, or wherever your adventures take you!

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Reviews

Awesome recipe! I make them for during and after long ultra marathon training runs. They take a while to release the energy (low GI) and are a bit heavy, but very tasty.

KDSCOMOX
I'm suprised at how well I love these! The figs I used were extremely dry so I added a few dates and that took care of that problem. I also will use ground flax seed next time because some were still left unground at the end. I also rolled the mixture into balls (about 20) then rolled them in the oat bran. Thanks so much for the recipe.

Chic Lil Chef
These are wonderful bars Jen....but a word to the wise. Make sure you use a 7 cup or larger food processor to make these. This make a very dense type bar. I used Giradelli's dark chocolate chips and raisins for my fruit of choice. Wonderful, just wonderful. I sliced these after refrigeration of several hours and then wrapped individually in plastic wrap and stuck them in a zip-lock baggie for the freezer. That way I'll have them handy for after work-outs. Thanks for a winner/keeper Jen.~ Made for PhotoTag!

CoffeeB