Sunshine Bars
Erin
We started with the soft “Sunshine Bars” from the Laurel’s Kitchen cookbook. We’ve played around with the ingredients and have developed a simple, flexible list:
ingredients
- More or less:
- 1 cup liquid (like orange juice)
- 4 cups dry ingredients (whole wheat flour, oats, wheat germ, pumpkin seeds, flax seed, almond meal, powdered milk, etc.)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon and/or nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sweetener (honey or agave)
- 2 cups dried fruit cut into small pieces (raisins, cranberries, apricots, apples, etc.)
- 1/2 cup oil
- We’ve tried adding bananas, applesauce, brown sugar, etc. and they always turn out well. And they’re easy.
directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 2
Heat liquids on stove top and add dried fruit to soften.
- 3
Mix honey and oil in a bowl. Add dry ingredients, cinnamon and salt.
- 4
Add liquid and dried fruit.
- 5
Mix well.
- 6
Press into an oiled 9“ x 13” baking dish.
- 7
Bake about 30 minutes.
- 8
Cool completely before cutting.
notes
We make double batches, wrap them individually and freeze them, taking out a few at a time to defrost in the fridge.
Source: Erin Thiem
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