No-Bake Apple Bars

Name: No-Bake Apple Bars
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters apple butter; 1 Tbsp packed brown sugar; 710 milliliters Whole Grain Total® cereal; 355 milliliters dried apples, finely chopped; 59 milliliters dry-roasted sunflower nuts; 59 milliliters golden raisins; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 79 milliliters honey; 79 milliliters peanut butter; 118 milliliters chopped pecans; 118 milliliters old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats

No-Bake Apple Bars might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 211 calories, 5g of protein, and 9g of fat. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free and vegetarian diet. A mixture of quick-cooking oats, brown sugar, dry-roasted sunflower nuts, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Line bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with foil; spray foil with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the apples and 1/4 cup of the pecans over bottom of pan.

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Apple

Pecans

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Frying Pan

Place cereal in resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag and coarsely crush with rolling pin or meat mallet. Set aside.

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Cereal

Meat

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Meat Tenderizer

Ziploc Bags

Rolling Pin

In 4-quart Dutch oven, heat 1/2 cup of the apples, the honey, raisins and brown sugar to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium. Cook uncovered about 1 minute, stirring constantly, until hot and bubbly; remove from heat.

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Brown Sugar

Raisins

Apple

Honey

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Dutch Oven

Stir peanut butter into cooked mixture until melted. Stir in apple butter and cinnamon. Stir in oats and sunflower nuts until well mixed. Stir in crushed cereal.

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Sunflower Kernels

Peanut Butter

Apple Butter

Cinnamon

Cereal

Oats

Press mixture very firmly (or bars will crumble) and evenly onto apples and pecans in pan.

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Apple

Pecans

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Frying Pan

Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup apples and 1/4 cup pecans; press lightly into bars. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until set. For bars, cut into 4 rows by 3 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

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Apple

Pecans