Here’s my recipe.
225g oats
200-250g runny honey (how much you use depends on how moist you like your bars, I use about 250g)
50g of any seeds (I use pumpkin seeds)
200g of any mixed fruit (raisins, dried fruits like pineapple, ginger, banana, cranberries)
200g of any mixed nuts
50g of butter or margarine
Pinch of salt
Method
Stand the honey in a bowl of hot water to make it easier to use
Put nuts, seeds, oats and salt in a bowl and mix together
Melt honey and butter together in a pan
Mix honey and dry ingredients together
Place mixture in greased baking tray – I usually compact it down with a rolling pin.
Bake at 180 for about 15 minutes
Turn out of tray to cool.
This makes 16-18 bars.
I usually put a chocolate topping on mine – green & blacks dark is my preferred option but my wife doesn’t like dark chocolate so I usually use white or milk (chocolate for cake toppings is fine). Melt the chocolate then pour over the cooling slab of yummieness.
Rather than using loads of different nuts/fruits in the mix I sometimes do ones with just one of each – cranberry and walnut are my Christmas special Also if you use a dark chocolate topping, dried ginger works really well but don’t use it on its own. Ginger and apricot and hazelnuts also works well with a dark chocolate topping.
Don’t get too hung up on getting the weights right – it can’t really go very wrong. I wouldn’t buy ready made bars now, mine are much nicer.
Enjoy.
