I had been experimenting with various granola bar recipes for the past year. I have run across quite a few good ones and some not so good. I got into a groove with some energy bars that were all natural ingredients and trying to find the right binder to bring all this good for you stuff together. I made what I thought was a pretty good rendition of a Clif Bar Energy Bar and was really quite happy with the recipe. I took a sample up to my mom's months ago.
Last week she mentioned that she has been making the "peanut butter, honey, sesame seed" bars like crazy because she can't get enough of them! Yeah! Come to find out it was not my Clif Bar like recipe, it was one she had written down and thought I had given it to her! Ouch! Well I copied down the recipe and whipped up a batch and these little gems are fabulous. They use a Carob powder that I have never worked with before. She couldn't for the life of her remember where she got the recipe from but in doing some internet surfing, it took all of three minutes to find it, so I thought I would pass it on. The original looks as if it came from the Woman's Health magazine after an article they did with the company that makes and sells these little "Chunks of Energy". It's a company called Dancing Star Natural Energy Products and these little babies are good stuff. How fun is that!
Chunks of Energy Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup honey
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup Carob powder (I use Chatfield's)
1 cup sesame seeds, toasted
1 cup sunflower seeds, raw or roasted, unsalted
1/2 cup coconut, raw unsweetened, toasted
1/2 cup chopped dried fruit (optional)
2. Stir in remaining ingredients and press into oiled 8 by 8 inch pan.
3. Chill for 1 hour. Cut into 25 small squares. Keep in fridge for up to 1 month; freeze indefinitely.
Instructions
1. Heat honey until warm, then add peanut butter slowly, until just mixable.2. Stir in remaining ingredients and press into oiled 8 by 8 inch pan.
3. Chill for 1 hour. Cut into 25 small squares. Keep in fridge for up to 1 month; freeze indefinitely.
