These delicious Power Packed Oat Bars are filled with great ingredients and provide long-lasting energy.
Power Packed Oat Bars with Cranberries, Apricots and Pumpkin Seeds
Servings
12 Servings
Ingredients
- 7 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons golden syrup or light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/2 cups quick cooking oats
- 1/4 cup chopped dried apples
- 1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
- 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup dried coconut flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line and grease an 8 inch square baking pan with wax paper.
- In a saucepan, melt together the butter, sugar, golden syrup and salt.
- In a bowl, combine the oats, dried apples, apricots, cranberries, pumpkin and sunflower seeds and the coconut.
- Stir in the butter and syrup mixture.
- Spoon the mixture into the pan and press down with a potato masher to compress and level the surface.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 18 to 20 minutes. Allow to cool for 15 minutes, cut into bars with a sharp knife.
- Allow to cool completely before lifting from the pan. Store in the fridge.
- Contributed by:ANNABEL KARMEL
- These delicious flapjack type bars are packed full of nutritious ingredients. Oats provide long-lasting energy as the fiber in oats slows down the rate at which sugar is absorbed into the bloodstream. Pumpkin seeds are a good source of iron and zinc and sunflower seeds are rich in vitamins E and B. Dried apricots are one of nature’s great health foods and they are rich in beta-carotene and iron.
OMG just made these for the 1st time. They are soooo good! I made it for my son, but now I want to eat the whole batch myself! Diet danger! I used dried bananas instead of apples b/c I had them on hand, and raisins instead of cranberries. Awesome recipe, thanks!