Energy bars............

Hi,

I made some energy bars for the Sportive and have been asked a couple of times for the recipe so here goes.....

Honey and Peanut Butter Booster Bars

Ingredients
125g unsalted butter
150g Soft brown or Muscovado sugar
125g No added sugar crunchy peanut butter
75g Honey
200g Porridge Oats (not Jumbo ones)
50g Raisins
50g Cranberries
50g Dried Apricots
50g Pumpkin seeds
50g Sunflower seeds
50g flaked almonds

Method
Grease and line a baking tin about 20cm square (approx. 1 inch deep)

Put butter, sugar, peanut butter and honey in a deep saucepan over a low heat. Leave until melted, stirring occasionally. Stir the oats, dried fruit and ¾ of the seeds/almonds into the melted butter mixture until thoroughly combined. Spread the mixture out evenly in the baking tin, smoothing the top as you go.

Scatter the remaining seeds/almonds over the surface and trickle with a little more honey. Place in an oven pre-heated to 160c/Gas mark 3 and bake for about 30 minutes until golden in the centre and golden brown at the edges.

Leave to cool completely in the tin, before turning out and cutting into squares etc.
Should keep for 7 days or so in an air tight tin.

Enjoy!!