Monday, August 16, 2010

{BREAKFAST BARS}

I found these on everwell.com and changed them just a bit to be vegan. We all really liked them and they were easy to send to school for a lunch treat. I think I'll do some experimenting with different kinds of dried fruit (we used raisins, but I'd like to try apricots or cranberries).

Makes 16 (small) Bars

1 cup Oats
1 cup Shredded Wheat Cereal
1 cup walnuts
1 1/2 cups dried fruit
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs (1 T. egg replacer + 1/4 c. water)
1/3 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray an 8x8 pan with cooking spray.
  • Place the oats, shredded wheat, walnuts, dried fruit, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor and pulse until the mixture is finely chopped
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the egg replacer, honey, and vanilla. Add the oatmeal mixture and chocolate chips and stir to combine.
  • Transfer to the baking pan and flatten down gently with the back of a spoon or spatula to spread evenly.
  • Bake about 18 minutes until the edges turn golden brown and the bars are done. Let bars cool completely in pan before slicing and serving.
* These bars freeze well so if you have leftovers, you can wrap individual portions in plastic baggies or aluminum foil and freeze.

* These tasted just a bit honeyish to me, but I don't know if that's because the Shredded Wheat I used was honey sweetened too. I might try agave nectar next time and see if they still hold together as well.

3 comments:

The Cooking Lady said...

Did you get a chance to try these with agave yet? Just wanted to see how it worked that way.

Eliza said...

I have used agave and it worked great! I also have used honey again with just the plain shredded wheat and it tasted better than with the honey shredded wheat. Good luck!

Rebekah said...

i made these with dates instead of raisins. so so so so good!