Whole Wheat Energy Bars

Total Time: 47 mins Preparation Time: 12 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups old fashion rolled oats
• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 2/3 cup brown rice syrup
• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup dried fruit (any combination of raisins, cranberries or chopped dates)
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds

Recipe

• 1 pre heat over to 325 f
• 2 line a 9 inch square baking pan with foil
• 3 spritz with oil spray & set aside.
• 4 in a large bowl combine rolled oats, flour, sesame seeds, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• 5 in another bowl stir together rice syrup, oil, egg and mix together.
• 6 add wet ingredients to dry stirring together.
• 7 mix in dried fruit and almonds.
• 8 spread batter onto the prepared pan.
• 9 evening out batter as much as possible with rubber spatula.
• 10 bake 30 to 345 minutes or until lightly browned and firm to the touch in the center.
• 11 let cool for 10 minutes
• 12 invert on to cutting board and cut into quarters
• 13 cut quarters into 3 bars
• 14 store in an air tight container.
• 15 keeps for several days.