Hey all! Absolutely AGES ago I promised to make some energy bars and as with most things I intend to do it got a little bit lost! My New Year's resolution must definitely be to follow through with plans more! 😀
I tried a great energy bar at an Indian restaurant funnily enough and told myself I would do my best to recreate it at home and I think I've actually cracked it!
These are so easy to make and make a great on-the-go breakfast or lunchbox filler. I love shop bought cereal bars but they are often teeming with sugar and other nasty additives, and the healthy ones are far to pricey to eat every day. These are the perfect solution- they take hardly any prep, and make approximately 12 bars so should last you a while (though maybe not as they are a bit moresish!)
What You'll Need:
- 1 cup raw oats
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1 cup assorted raw nuts (I used almonds, cashews and )
- 1/2 cup raw buckwheat groats
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup soft dried apricots
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tbs chia seeds
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180°C
- Line a large baking tray with parchment paper.
- Add the nuts to a blender or food processor and blitz for a few seconds to break the nuts up a little.
- Spread the oats, pumpkin seeds and nuts evenly over the parchment paper.
- Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until lightly roasted.
- In the meantime, place the apricots, maple syrup and water in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Remove the oats from the oven and leave to cool. Make sure to leave the oven on.
- Once cool, transfer the roasted oats, pumpkin seeds, and nuts to the large mixing bowl with the liquid mix and add the buckwheat groats, raisins, cranberries and chia seeds. Mix well.
- Add the mixture to the baking tray lined with parchment paper. Chose your tray depending on what size/ depth you want the bars to be. Make sure to pat the mixture down well, this will prevent the bars from falling apart when you cut them.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven then remove parchment from the pan and set on the counter top to cool completely.
- Once cool cut into bars.
Easy as that!😋
Yummy, gooey scrumptious energy bars that are packed with protein and natural sugars to keep you going!
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