High Fiber Energy Bars
There's no need to waste countless dollars on high-fiber energy bars. These homemade ones do the job... and do it well.
Ingredients
- 2 cup(s) dried prunes, pitted
- 33/50 cup(s) orange juice
- 1/2 cup(s) chopped nuts
- 12 tablespoon(s) margarine, soft
- 3/4 cup(s) packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup(s) honey
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cup(s) all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cup(s) rolled oats
- 4 tablespoon(s) wheat germ
- 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
Instructions
- Combine prunes (or apricots) with the orange juice in a blender.
- Blend until almost smooth, scrapping down the sides of the blender a few times.
- Stir in the nuts; set mixture aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the margarine, sugar and honey.
- Beat in the egg.
- Mix in flour, oats, wheat germ, baking soda and salt to blend thoroughly.
- Grease a 9 13-inch baking pan.
- Spread a little less than half of the flour mixture evenly in the pan.
- Spread the prune mixture evenly over the mixture in pan, keeping the prune mixture to within 1/2 inch of the edges.
- Crumble the remaining flour mixture over the top to cover the prune mixture.
- Pat down gently.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven 30-35 minutes or until browned and springs back to the touch.
- Cool on wire rack.
- Cut into bars about 1 by 2 inches each.
Nutrition
Calories: 4703.26kcalCarbohydrates: 699.56gProtein: 61.86gFat: 186.69gSaturated Fat: 30.45gCholesterol: 186mgSodium: 3865.18mgFiber: 40.9gSugar: 356.19g
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