Description
I like to find good energy bars with different tastes. This is nutritious and tastes good too! Great for the lunchbox or as an afternoon snack! I adapted this from a recipe from ellen's kitchen.
Ingredients
- Rolled Oats
- Sesame Seeds
- Dried Apricot
- Raisins
- Unsweetened Dried Shredded Coconut
- Almonds
- Nonfat Dry Milk Powder
- Toasted Wheat Germ
- Butter
- White Corn Syrup
- Sugar
- Chunky Peanut Butter
- Orange Extract
- Orange Zest
- Chocolate Chips
- Paraffin Wax
Instructions
- Toast the sesame seeds in a frying pan for about 7 minutes, until golden, then grind coarsely
- Toast the oats in a 300 degree oven in a 10 inch by 15 inch baking pan for 25 minutes, stirring to prevent scorching
- Mix the seeds, apricots, raisins, coconut, almonds, dry milk, and wheat germ
- Mix well
- Mix hot oats into dried fruit mixture
- Butter the hot baking pan
- Set aside
- In the frying pan, combine corn syrup or honey and sugar
- Bring to a rolling boil over medium high heat and quickly stir in the peanut butter, orange extract, and orange peel
- At once, pour over the oatmeal mixture and mix well
- Quickly spread in buttered pan and press into an even layer
- Then cover and chill until firm, at least 4 hours or overnight
- Dipping for chocolate coating cut into bars about 1 1 / 4 by 2 1 / 2 inches
- Combine chocolate chips and paraffin in to top of a double boiler
- Place over simmering water until melted
- Stir often
- Turn heat to low
- Using tongs, dip 1 bar at a time into chocolate, hold over pan until it stops dripping, then place on wire racks set above waxed paper
- With paraffin, the coating firms very quickly, bars with butter in the chocolate coating may need to be chilled
- When firm and cool, serve bars, or wrap individually in foil
- Store in the refrigerator up to 4 weeks
- Freeze to store longer
- Makes about 4 dozen bars, about 1 ounce each