Saturday, April 25, 2009

Seed & Oat Bars

I wanted a healthy seed-based bar. After some searching I came upon Chef Jeenas Healthy Flapjacks. As usual I altered the recipe. Here's what I came up with:

- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons molasses
- 1 tablespoon liquid honey

Mix this together well, then mix in:

- 1 cup oats
- 1 small handfull raisins
- 1 small handfull dried cranberries
- 2 handfulls pumpkin seeds
- 1 handfull sunflower seeds
- a sprinkling of ground cilium

Dump mixture onto a greased cookie sheet. Shape into flat, 3/4" thick rectangle with spatula. Then cut lines to make bars. Should make 10-12 granola bar-sized pieces.

Bake at 350 for 15 miutes. I overcooked them and got some burnt molasses bottoms. Baaad aftertaste - so watch them!

Let them cool on the pan. If you try to move them while warm they will fall apart. So, unless you want a bunch of unevenly baked granola, be patient and then you will have healthy, protein and nutrient packed snack bars.

P.S. The dark colour post-bake is not because they are burnt! It's the molasses.

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