Recipe: Appetizing Energy Bars

Energy Bars.

You can have Energy Bars using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Energy Bars

1. You need 1 cup of regular rolled oats.
2. You need 1/3 cup of oat bran.
3. It's 3 tablespoons of flax seed.
4. It's 1 cup of whole wheat flour.
5. It's 1/2 tablespoon of baking powder.
6. You need 1/2 tablespoon of salt.
7. It's 1/2 cup of chopped roasted salted peanuts.
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of dried cranberries.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup of finely chopped dried mission figs.
10. You need 3/4 cup of natural chunky peanut butter.
11. It's 1/4 cup of low-fat milk.
12. You need 1 of large egg.
13. Prepare 1/2 cup of honey.
14. It's of Finely shredded zest from one lemon.
15. It's 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice.

Energy Bars instructions

1. Line a 9 x 13" pan with parchment paper leaving an overhang on the 9 inch side. Coat with cooking oil spray.
2. In a large bowl stir together oats, oats bran, flaxseed, flour, baking powder, salt, peanuts, cranberries, and figs until well blended.
3. Mix together peanut butter, milk, egg, honey, lemon zest, and lemon juice until well blended.
4. Add flour mixture to peanut butter mixture and beat until completely blended.
5. Scrape dough into pan and, with wet fingers or a rubber spatula, fill pan completely and evenly. Chill dough until firm approximately 30 minutes.
6. Preheat oven to 300°.
7. Lift dough out of pan using parchment paper. Cut bars lengthwise, down the middle. Cut bars crosswise, at 1 1/2 inches wide, making approximately 16 bars.
8. Place bars about 1 inch apart on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper..
9. Bake bars for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned and somewhat firm to the touch. Remove from oven and let cool completely..