Michael's Energy Bars
Michael's Energy Bars might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre collection. This recipe serves 18. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 192 calories, 4g of protein, and 7g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, apricots, golden molasses, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Place oats and sliced almonds on a baking sheet. Toast in oven for 10 minutes. Set aside. Turn the oven to 325 degrees F.
Place raisins, apricots, oats, and almonds in a food processor. Pulse about 10 times until coarsely chopped. Set aside.
In the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer fitted with a paddle, beat the butter, brown sugar, molasses and egg until light and fluffy.
In a separate bowl, combine both flours, dry milk, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, and salt.
Add to the creamed mixture.
Add the milk and mix thoroughly.
Butter a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking pan.
Pour in the batter and spread evenly.
Bake for about 30 minutes, until set. Cool in the pan.
Cut into 18 (1 by 4-inch) bars.
To store, wrap bars individually in plastic wrap. Will keep for about 1 week. For longer storage, freeze for up to 3 months.