Honey and Peanut Butter Booster Bars

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup no-sugar-added crunchy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup honey, plus a little more to finish
• Finely grated zest of 1 orange
• Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
• 1 1/4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 3/4 cup dried fruit, such as raisins, chopped apricots, prunes, or dates, either singly or in combination
• 1 cup mixed seeds, such as pumpkin, sunflower, poppy, flaxseed, and sesame

1. Preheat the oven to 325F:
2. Grease and line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper.
3. Put the butter, sugar, peanut butter, honey, and grated citrus zests in a deep saucepan over very low heat.
4. Let heat until melted, stirring from time to time.
5. Stir the oats, dried fruit, and three-quarters of the seeds into the melted butter mixture until thoroughly combined.
6. Spread the mixture out evenly in the prepared pan, smoothing the top as you go.
7. Scatter the remaining seeds over the surface and drizzle with a little more honey.
8. Bake for about 30 minutes, until golden in the center and golden brown on the edges.
9. Let cool completely in the pan (be patient - it cuts much better when cold), then turn out and cut into squares with a sharp knife.
10. These bars will keep for 5 to 7 days in an airtight tin.
11. Variation: Banana booster bars
12. Replace the peanut butter with 1 medium ripe banana (about 6 ounces), mashed.
13. Stir it in after all the other ingredients have been combined.

unsalted butter, brown sugar, nosugar, honey, orange, lemon, oldfashioned, dried fruit, mixed seeds

Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/honey-and-peanut-butter-booster-bars (may not work)