EASY ENERGY BARS

These easy-to-make bars are packed full of energy boosting ingredients to fuel your body when you need that extra lift or when hunger attacks throughout the day!  

Today I made these with a banana, but they work just as good without. Enjoy as a snack, heated up, on-the-go or after a workout or run....

Ingredients:

8x tbsp honey or Agave syrup
1x medium egg

40ml Soya or rice milk

3x tbsp Rice bran oil

1x 1/2tsp vanilla extract

1x tbsp Peanut butter

85g dates

65g oats

35g Pumpkin/sunflower seeds

60g Brown rice or wholemeal flour

2x tsp Chia seeds

1/2 tsp baking powder 

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Pinch salt

(Optional 1x Banana)

METHOD:  Heat the oven to 180C.  Mash the banana in a jug, then add in the egg, oil, syrup, vanilla extract and milk and whisk/mix until you get a smooth texture. Mix in the peanut butter. 

In a mixing bowl add the flours, oats, seeds, chopped dates, baking powder and cinnamon. Mix together then pour in the liquid from the jug and fold in until a sticky texture is formed.

Grease a square baking dish and spread out the mixture until at least 2-3cm deep. Bake in the oven for 12-16 minutes until golden and firm.  Checking after 12 minutes. These bars need to finish like flapjacks. Allow to cool then cut into squares. 

Store in an airtight container, ideally in the fridge. 

Enjoy!

Luke