The Trivita VitaJournal newsletter had a Homemade Energy Bar recipe recently. I finally bought the ingredients and have made them twice. Once with dates and once with figs. I think I prefer the dates. It calls for any kind of nut butter, so for the first batches I used peanut butter since I have plenty of that on hand. Ideally I would use natural peanut butter, but I used Peter Pan for the experimental batches. I would like to try it with different butters to compare the tastes.
The recipe sounded good, but I was shocked at how delicious the bars are! They are a perfect little pick-me-up snack!
I made the first ones in to balls, using the small cookie scoop. This method made about 18. The second batch was pressed in to a 9" square dish, and it only filled up about 1/2 the dish. The bars may look better too, but either way they are good!
Homemade Energy Bars
(from Trivita's VitaJournal)
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup dried figs or dates
1/2 cup nut or seed butter (recipe calls for almond, I used peanut)
Place the first 4 ingredients in the food processor. Chop until everything is ground together.
Add the nut/seed butter and mix until combined. Roll in to balls or press in to an 8" round cake pan.
Keep refrigerated. (makes about 2 dozen, if cut in to 1" squares)
Warning: they are a bit addicting! :)
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| Energy Bars with Figs |
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| Energy Bars with Dates |
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