Sunshine Bars
These homemade granola bars are a delightful blend of crunchy textures and sweet flavors. Packed with dried tropical fruits, oats, coconut, and a mix of nuts and seeds, each bar offers a wholesome and satisfying snack. The combination of toasted hazelnuts or peanuts and golden syrup adds a rich depth of flavor that complements the chewy and crispy elements perfectly. Whip up a batch of these bars for a convenient and tasty treat that you can enjoy on the go or as a quick pick-me-up.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 100g dried ready-to-eat tropical medley or other mixed dried fruits
- 100g porridge oats
- 50g puffed rice cereal , such as Rice Krispies
- 85g desiccated coconut
- 50g blanched hazelnuts or shelled peanuts or other nuts
- 50g sunflower, sesame or pumpkin seeds
- 100g light muscovado sugar
- 125ml golden syrup
- 100g butter , chopped up
Instructions
- Chop the tropical medley into pieces using kitchen scissors. Tip the oats, cereal, coconut and fruit into a large bowl and mix well, using a wooden spoon or clean hands. Put the hazelnuts and sunflower, sesame or pumpkin seeds in a frying pan with no oil and, over a moderate heat, stir until they are lightly toasted. Leave to cool a little then tip into the bowl and mix.
- Put the sugar, syrup and butter in a small pan and heat gently, stirring with a wooden spoon until melted, then simmer for 2 minutes until slightly thicker and syrupy.
- Quickly stir the syrup into the dry mix, stirring until it all starts to bind and there are no dry patches.
- Quickly tip into a 20cm square tin and press down with the back of a spoon to even out the surface. Leave to cool and set – about 2 hours. Cut the mixture into 6 one way and 3 the other to make 18 bars. Store in a tin, or wrapped tightly in foil for up to a week.
Prep Time
PT25M
Yield
Cuts into 18 bars
Nutrition
- Calories: 190 calories
- Fat Content: 11 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 6 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 22 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 11 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 2 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 2 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 0.26 milligram of sodium
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