Homemade Bike Energy Bar

NIN4NIN's Note:

This is an altered recipe I found online. It's great to have on the ride when you need a snack. Tastes great, healthy and they're much cheaper than store-bought bars

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 24

Yield: 24.0 bars

• ¼ cup butter, melted or ¼ cup oil
• 8 large egg whites , beaten
• ¾ cup whole wheat flour
• ¼ cup wheat germ
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ cup nonfat dry milk powder
• ¾ cup rolled oat
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 2 cups chopped dried fruit
• 2 ½ cups nuts , chopped
• ¾ cup chocolate chips (optional)
• ¼ cup sesame seed

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 9x13 pan.
3. Beat together eggs and oil.
4. Sift together dry ingredients except fruit. Add flour to eggs, combine, then stir in fruit, nuts, and chips.
5. Spread evenly in pan, bake 30 minutes, they are still soft when done.
6. Cool, cut into 24 pieces, wrap in foil and freeze.

Reviews

[HitchChic]

These taste great!! Do they need to stay in the freezer or is it just to harden them up?

[ThinkOfTheSea]

very good! I take them with me to school and eat them for breakfast almost every day.

[Chef Hot Pans]

I have made this recipe a few times for my grandson and his friends. They love them. I have used different nuts. For the dried fruit I have used dried cranberries or dried blueberries. I don't add chocolate chips though.