Fruit and Nut Bars – Healthy and delicious breakfast bars loaded with dried fruits and walnuts.
Servings : 12bars
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 40 minutesmins
Total Time 55 minutesmins
Ingredients
1/3cupall purpose flour
1/8teaspoonbaking soda
1/8teaspoonbaking powder
1/4teaspoonsalt
1/3cupbrown sugar
1 1/2cupswalnuts, chopped
1/2cupdried cherries
1 1/2cupdates, chopped
1/2cupdried apricots, cut into pieces
1large egg OR substitute with 1(one) mashed banana
1/2teaspoonpure vanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Line an entire 8 x 8 inch baking pan with aluminum foil.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Stir in the brown sugar, walnuts, and dried fruit. Use your fingers to make sure that all the fruit and nuts have been coated with the flour mixture.
In a separate bowl, with a wire whisk beat the egg and vanilla until light colored and thick.
Add the egg mixture to the fruit and nut mixture and mix until all the fruit and nut pieces are coated with the batter.
If you are using the banana substitute, mash the banana with a fork real well then add in the vanilla extract. Blend it all together and mix it into the fruit and nut mixture.
Spread into the prepared pan, pressing to even it out.
Bake for about 40 minutes, or until the batter has pulled away from the sides of the pan.
Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool.
When cooled, lift the bars from the pan by the edges of the aluminum foil.
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.