TRAIL-TESTED POWER BARS

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Trail-tested power and energy bars. These granola-style bars are my mix and mod of a couple of recipes, mostly Amy E's "Bird Seed Energy Bars"... they made it 6 days from Mammoth to Yosemite Valley.

Provided by trail

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Snacks Granola Bar Recipes

Time 1h20m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 22

Ingredients

4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup wheat germ
½ cup wheat and barley nugget cereal (such as Grape-Nuts®)
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 ripe banana, mashed
2 large eggs, beaten
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
⅓ cup pure maple syrup
⅓ cup honey
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup flax seeds
½ cup sesame seeds
½ cup sunflower seeds
½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
½ cup chopped banana chips
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup chopped almonds
½ cup chunky peanut butter

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x14-inch baking pan.
Mix rolled oats, whole wheat flour, cereal, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a large bowl.
Whisk banana, eggs, oil, applesauce, maple syrup, honey, vanilla extract, and salt together in a separate bowl until evenly blended. Stir into the oat mixture. Stir in flax seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, chocolate chips, banana chips, walnuts, almonds, and peanut butter.
Use your hands to mix the ingredients, and press into the prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely in the pan, about 30 minutes. Cut into 2-inch bars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 356.1 calories, Carbohydrate 42.2 g, Cholesterol 15.5 mg, Fat 18.7 g, Fiber 6.6 g, Protein 9.4 g, SaturatedFat 3.7 g, Sodium 149.6 mg, Sugar 16.3 g