Healthy Recipes: Energy Bars for a Travel Snack

Posted by admin on Mar 15, 2012 in Blog | 619 comments

These lightly fruit-sweetened bars are chock full of good ingredients, and make a nice change from overly-sweetened baked goods.

Recipe from The Good Breakfast Book by Nikki and David Goldbeck (www.HealthyHighways.com).

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• ¾ cup apple juice
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 ¼ cups oats
• 2 tablespoons soy flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon ginger
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
• 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 1/3 cup chopped raisins or dates
• ½ cup shredded apple (1 medium)

Preheat oven to 350  F. In a small bowl, beat oil into tahini until smooth. Beat in apple juice and vanilla. Combine remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in the juice mixture until uniformly blended. Spread into an oiled 8- or 9-inch baking pan. Pat down evenly. Bake 30 minutes, until nicely brown and firm. Cool in pan. Cut into bars.

 

Makes 9 bars, each about 4 x 1/2 inches