Home Made Energy Bars

[Dogmama]

Hi All,

I lifted this from another website. It sounds pretty good.

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This recipe is from Cooking Light. It's really great--

Banana-Nut Energy Bars
From Cooking Light


1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups multigrain hot cereal (such as Quaker) or quick-cooking oats
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350°.
Beat the first 6 ingredients at medium speed of a mixer until blended. Lightly spoon the flour into a dry measuring cup, and level with a knife. Gradually add the flour, cereal, pecans, and salt to the banana mixture, stirring until well-blended.

Spoon mixture into an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.

Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 bar)

NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 133(24% from fat); FAT 3.6g(sat 0.5g,mono 1.7g,poly 1.1g); PROTEIN 2.4g; CHOLESTEROL 18mg; CALCIUM 10mg; SODIUM 106mg; FIBER 1.6g; IRON 0.8mg; CARBOHYDRATE 24.4g

[Dirt Girl]

Try this one! Everyone I've given one to seems to like it.

http://www.sandisrecipecorner.com/recipe1522N.htm

[CorsairMac]

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[Dirt Girl]

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