Survival Bars

Submitted by Virjean Svoboda

"This is a snack food recipe I have had for nearly 30 years. It is very filling and has a tendency to expand when consumed with liquids; therefore, eat sparingly and gradually to avoid bloated feeling. It is especially great for backpacking or camping trips as it does not require refrigeration. May be made ahead of time and frozen."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 12 bars

ingredients

• 709.77 ml quick oatmeal
• 591.47 ml powdered milk
• 236.59 ml brown sugar
• 44.37 ml honey
• 44.37 ml water
• lemon gelatin

• Optional ingredients

• coconut (optional) or 118.29 ml chunky peanut butter (optional)

directions

1. In a large bowl, mix together oatmeal, powdered milk and brown sugar.
2. Add 3 tablespoons water to honey and bring to a boil. Dissolve 1/2 package (3-oz. size) lemon gelatin powder in honey-water mixture.
3. Add honey-gelatin mixture to dry ingredients. Add any desired optional ingredients. After mixing, add additional water (1 teaspoon at a time), as necessary, until mixture is moist enough to mold.
4. Mold into a 9" square pan lined with non-stick foil. Cut into bars; wrap individually in foil, if desired.

Reviews

[The Thorn of Hudson]

Before I fixed these (actually I made two batches ) I read the review that said they didn't have much of a lemon taste - so I tried to fix that up front. I added Lemon zest to the lemon gelatin and honey water that was boiling. The lemon batch I made tasted very good - I used Raisins, Coconut and chopped nuts as add-ins. The second batch I made I used orange gelatin and Orange zest. The add-ins for this batch were Macadamia Nuts and Hersey Special Dark baking chips. They're both kind of sticky to the touch, but I let them sit for a while before cutting them into bars - they held up pretty good. Overall , I prefer the Orange ones over the Lemon but I was pleasantly surprised and pleased by both.

 

[Terri Newell]

I don't know how to rate this. It worked exactly according to the directions..I had to add about 3tsp water to bind completely. So it was a success. But the flavor was so mild as to be nonexistant. My kids both said they liked it, but only ate one piece each [I cut it into 16] and the rest of the batch sat on the kitchen counter, in a ziploc bag, untouched for five days. If I make it again, I would leave out the lemon jelly powder and use peanut butter for binding and flavoring.