Best Nigellas Breakfast Bars Recipes
BREAKFAST BARS 2.0
I have a breakfast bar recipe in an earlier book, but this is the new, improved version: gluten-free, dairy-free and enough seeds to make you start sprouting. I've used no sugar, but before you start thinking this is virtuously sugar-free (which I could claim it to be), remember that the sweetness that comes from the dates is, in essence, sugar, though certainly it's unprocessed and full of fiber at the same time. There are a lot of ingredients, but you need a good mixture to give crunch and chew--and all manner of smugness-inducing nutrients--though you can fiddle about with them. You can, for example, use sunflower seeds in place of flaxseeds, or half and half rather than all flaxseeds, as below, and you can also use puffed rice (gluten-free if needed) or buckwheat flakes in place of cornflakes. In theory, cornflakes (and oats) should be gluten-free, but if crucial, make sure it's stipulated on the packet. If you can't get hold of medjool dates, then use 350 grams (12 ounces) pitted dried dates and up the water to 400 milliliters (scant 1 3/4 cups). And they'll take about 10, rather than 5, minutes to cook until they're soft enough to mash to a purée. Make these bars at the weekend, and you'll be set up for the week if you're someone who needs to grab-and-go in the morning. They come in pretty handy for that 4pm slump, too.
Provided by Nigella Lawson : Food Network
Time 1h
Yield 16 bars
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F)/gas mark 4 or, and line the bottom and sides of your tin with baking parchment. Pit the dates and tear them with your fingers into a small saucepan, add the cinnamon, cover with the water, bring to the boil and let bubble for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, and beat with a fork until you have a rough puree.
- Put all the remaining ingredients into a large bowl, add the date mixture and mix until everything is combined. I wear a pair of disposable vinyl gloves for this.
- Squodge into your prepared tin and bake in the oven for 30 minutes, until firm and set, and golden on top and darker around the edges. Leave to cool in the tin before cutting into pieces.
BREAKFAST BARS
I am addicted to these, and so is everyone I give them to. Although they're quick to throw together, they do take nearly an hour to bake, so what I suggest is, make a batch at the weekend and then you will have the oaty, chewy bars ready and waiting for those days when you have to snatch breakfast on the hoof. Mind you, they are just like milk and cereal in bar form, so there's nothing to stop you nibbling at one with your morning coffee at home every day. If you are not a morning person, believe me, they will make your life easier. They also store well; indeed, they seem to get better and better. So just stash a tin with them and remove as and when you want. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
Provided by Nigella
Yield Makes: 16 bars
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 130°C/110°C Fan/gas mark ½/250ºF, and oil a 23 x 33 x 4cm / 9 x 13 inch baking tin, or use a throwaway foil one. Warm the condensed milk in a large pan. Meanwhile, mix together all the other ingredients and then add the warmed condensed milk, using a rubber or wooden spatula to fold and distribute. Spread the mixture into the tin and press down with the spatula or, better still, your hands (wearing disposable vinyl gloves to stop you sticking), to even the surface. Bake for 1 hour, then remove from the oven and, after about 15 minutes, cut into four across, and four down to make 16 chunky bars. Let cool completely.
NIGELLA'S BREAKFAST BARS
Make and share this Nigella's Breakfast Bars recipe from Food.com.
Provided by nortocbaking101
Categories Breakfast
Time 1h5m
Yield 16 bars, 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 130 degrees celsius
- warm milk in pan.
- mix all other ingredients together in bowl and add warm milk mixing with a spatula.
- Press down into a rectangle tin lined with foil or parchment paper.
- Bake 1 hours Remove from oven let cool 15 mins before cutting.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 211.9, Fat 8.9, SaturatedFat 3.3, Cholesterol 8.4, Sodium 45.1, Carbohydrate 28.8, Fiber 2.9, Sugar 16.3, Protein 5.8
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