Description
We bike and hike several times a week and take these bars with us for a tasty boost of carbs and protein. Wrapped individually and frozen, they are easy to stuff in a pack on your way out the door.
Ingredients
- ½ cup sesame seeds
- ½ cup sunflower seeds
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ cup chopped dates
- ½ cup raisins
- ½ cup dried apricots
- ½ cup dried cherries
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 7 cups crisp rice cereal
- 1 cup corn syrup
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 ½ cups crunchy peanut butter
- 1 cup powdered milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
- Combine the sesame seeds and sunflower seeds in a dry skillet over medium heat. Cook
- stirring until fragrant and toasted. Salt lightly
- and set aside to cool.
- Combine the dates
- raisins
- apricots
- cherries
- chocolate chips and the toasted seeds in the container of a food processor. Pulse to chop until small but not pasty. Transfer to a large bowl
- and mix with oats and crisp rice cereal.
- In a small glass bowl
- mix together the corn syrup
- sugar and peanut butter. Heat in the microwave until bubbly. Stir in the powdered milk
- vanilla
- and almond extract. Pour the peanut butter mixture over the bowl of cereal and goodies
- and mix with a wooden spoon until everything is evenly coated.
- Press the mixture into a greased 10×15 inch jellyroll pan using wet hands. Cut into squares
- and allow to cool completely before removing from the pan.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 24