Smart bars
3
Points®
Total Time
40 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
20 min
Serves
32
Difficulty
Easy
While energy bars are all the rage, they are also very costly. This recipe has all the flavors of the store-bought variety for a fraction of the price! Ready in only 40 minutes, these bars have fruit, seeds, nuts, oats and maple syrup for a sweet and filling combination. Even better, the recipe yields 32 bars which make for an arsenal of home snacks or a wonderful tray of tasty party bites. If you like a particular dried fruit flavor, you can use just that one for the whole batch or concentrate different fruits in different parts of the pan for a variety. Compact, portable and very satisfying, these bars are a wonderful addition to school lunches and make great snacks to keep on hand, in a purse or at the office for rushes of hunger before mealtime.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Dried mixed fruit
1½ cup(s), such as apricots, cranberries, and raisins
Quick cooking rolled oats
1 cup(s), or old-fashioned (rolled) oats
Sunflower seeds
½ cup(s), unsalted variety
Toasted wheat germ
½ cup(s)
Chopped pecans
½ cup(s), or walnuts
Dry nonfat milk powder
½ cup(s)
White whole wheat flour
¼ cup(s)
Ground cinnamon
1 tsp
Table salt
½ tsp
Banana
1 medium, ripe, cut into chunks
Egg
2 large egg(s)
Maple syrup
⅓ cup(s)
Vanilla extract
1 tsp