Homemade Energy Bars
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:16 pm
So a few months ago I decided that I had a pain in my proverbial (and my wallet) with buying foul tasting energy bars and decided there must be an easy way to make your own from honest-to-goodness ingredients
I sourced a recipe on the internerd and tricked around a bit with it, and voila! Furlongs Famish Buster. I have since field tested it, largely on the mtb community, to critical acclaim
(9/10 from Lynn Hayden what more can you ask for).I believe there are attempts to copy it out there, but this is the original and best!
Being the generous type I decided to share the recipe with you, so here you are:
1/2 cup of sunflower or sesame seeds
1/2 cup ground almonds
2 cups porridge oats
1/4 cup flaked almonds
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup currants
1/2 cup apricots
1/2 cup of figs
you can get all the above in aldi for cheap. combine all in a blender and whizz until you have a consistency like couscous
meanwhile melt 125g butter in a saucepan. when melted add 250g of your favourite jam - strawberry for me - and 1/4 cup of honey. you can also add a tbs of cinnamon or nutmeg if you like those flavours
combine the above with the dry ingredients in a big bowl and mix well
spread the bowl of stuff out on a piece of greaseproof paper on a baking tray. bake in the oven at 160 C until golden brown. When done cut into whatever size bars you want. I then wrap them individually in tin foil and freeze them. Throw one in your pocket going for a spin and it'll be defrosted by the time you want to eat it. I'd imagine given the ingredients they would keep forever anyway even without freezing
This recipe makes about 30 nice size bars - by nice size i mean about 65g - the size where you are likely to eat all of it and not leave half behind in your pocket. Personally i like a bar that's tasty, moist and chewy and doesn't go all dry in your mouth, and you can stomach eating it when you are knackered - this is the one!
I estimate about 300 kcal per bar, so don;t be eating them with your tea.....
i've made about 60 bars from about €25 of ingredients, and I have plenty of stuff left
I sourced a recipe on the internerd and tricked around a bit with it, and voila! Furlongs Famish Buster. I have since field tested it, largely on the mtb community, to critical acclaim
(9/10 from Lynn Hayden what more can you ask for).I believe there are attempts to copy it out there, but this is the original and best!Being the generous type I decided to share the recipe with you, so here you are:
1/2 cup of sunflower or sesame seeds
1/2 cup ground almonds
2 cups porridge oats
1/4 cup flaked almonds
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup currants
1/2 cup apricots
1/2 cup of figs
you can get all the above in aldi for cheap. combine all in a blender and whizz until you have a consistency like couscous
meanwhile melt 125g butter in a saucepan. when melted add 250g of your favourite jam - strawberry for me - and 1/4 cup of honey. you can also add a tbs of cinnamon or nutmeg if you like those flavours
combine the above with the dry ingredients in a big bowl and mix well
spread the bowl of stuff out on a piece of greaseproof paper on a baking tray. bake in the oven at 160 C until golden brown. When done cut into whatever size bars you want. I then wrap them individually in tin foil and freeze them. Throw one in your pocket going for a spin and it'll be defrosted by the time you want to eat it. I'd imagine given the ingredients they would keep forever anyway even without freezing
This recipe makes about 30 nice size bars - by nice size i mean about 65g - the size where you are likely to eat all of it and not leave half behind in your pocket. Personally i like a bar that's tasty, moist and chewy and doesn't go all dry in your mouth, and you can stomach eating it when you are knackered - this is the one!
I estimate about 300 kcal per bar, so don;t be eating them with your tea.....
i've made about 60 bars from about €25 of ingredients, and I have plenty of stuff left
