Oatmeal Energy Bars
Recipe: #11966
January 26, 2014
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Snacks, Oats, Gluten-Free, Heart Healthy, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Vegetarian, Bars, more
"I'm not sure about the energy part but they sure taste good. Adapted from Food Network."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (71.2 g)
- Calories 280.9
- Total Fat - 9.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.7 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 47.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 43.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.4 g
- Sugars - 22.2 g
- Protein - 8.1 g
- Calcium - 32.7 mg
- Iron - 2.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Spray a 9 by 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
Step 2
In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine honey, peanut butter, maple syrup, canola oil, brown sugar, cinnamon. Stir and cook until mixture just begins to bubble, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
Step 3
In a large bowl, combine oats, rice cereal, wheat germ, peanuts, apricots and salt. Pour peanut butter mixture over oatmeal mixture and stir gently with a spatula until well combined.
Step 4
Transfer to baking dish, cover with parchment paper and press firmly into dish. Allow to cool completely (will cool faster in the refrigerator).
Step 5
Cut into squares or bars.
Tips
No special items needed.