Chewy Oat Bars
- 75 g apricots
- 75 g dates
- 75 g sultanas
- 275 g oats
- 50 g Rice Krispies
- 50 g sesame seeds
- 50 g sunflower seeds
- 200 g butter
- 150 g sugar
- 100 ml honey
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
- Line a 21cm square cake tin with baking paper.
- Cut the apricots and dates into pieces the same size as the sultanas using children's scissors.
- Put in a large bowl.
- Add the sultanas, oats, rice snaps, sesame seeds and sunflower seeds to the bowl and mix together.
- Put the sunflower spread in a saucepan along with the sugar and honey.
- Stir over a low heat until the spread has melted and the sugar has just started to melt.
- Make sure you don't let the mixture get so hot that it boils.
- Carefully add to the dry ingredients (an adult should do this for young children), stir to mix it all together, then put it in the tin.
- Level the top and press it down lightly.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Leave for 20 minutes, then lift out in the paper and put on a board.
- Score into bars with a knife but leave until completely cold before separating the pieces.
apricots, dates, sultanas, oats, rice krispies, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, butter, sugar, honey
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chewy-oat-bars-472610 (may not work)