Peanutty Energy Bars Food

OATMEAL PEANUT BUTTER ENERGY BARS

Steps:

• Spray a 9 by 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine honey, peanut butter, maple syrup, canola oil, brown sugar, cinnamon. Stir and cook until mixture just begins to bubble, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
• In a large bowl, combine oats, rice cereal, wheat germ, peanuts, apricots, figs and salt.
• Pour peanut butter mixture over oatmeal mixture and stir gently with a spatula until well combined. Transfer to baking dish, cover with parchment paper and press firmly into dish. Allow to cool completely (will cool faster in the refrigerator). Cut into squares or bars.

NO-BAKE PEANUT BUTTER ENERGY BARS

Steps:

• In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine peanut butter and honey. Heat, uncovered, until warmed, 20-30 seconds. Stir until smooth; add remaining ingredients and stir until combined. Transfer to a lightly greased 13x9-inch pan; gently press mixture into pan. Cover and refrigerate until set, 1 hour or overnight. Cut into bars.

PEANUTTY CANDY BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the oats, brown sugar, butter, 1/2 cup peanut butter, corn syrup and vanilla. Press into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 375° for 12-14 minutes or until mixture is bubbly around the edges., In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butterscotch and chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Stir in peanuts and remaining peanut butter; spread over the oat mixture. Cool for 10 minutes; chill until set.

NATURAL NO-BAKE PEANUT BUTTER ENERGY BARS.

Steps:

• Combine peanut butter and honey in a large nonstick pot and warm up over a low heat until runny and mixed.
• Mix in the oatmeal (and protein powder if using).
• You don't want to cook it, just heat it up enough to stir everything together nicely.
• Press into a 9x9-inch pan.
• Let cool, then cut into 16 equal bars.
• Wrap each bar in foil and store in plastic bags. - No need to refrigerate as the ingredients are natural.

PEANUT ENERGY BARS

Steps:

• Coat a 9x13 inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Combine peanuts, sunflower seeds (or other nuts), raisins (or other dried fruit), oats, rice cereal and wheat germ or flax seed meal (if using) in a large bowl.
• Combine peanut butter, brown sugar and honey in a large microwaveable bowl and microwave on high or boil on stove top until bubbling (1 to 2 minutes).
• Add vanilla and stir until blended.
• Pour the peanut butter mixture over the dry ingredients and stir until covered.
• Transfer mixture to the prepared pan. Press down firmly (It helps to coat your fingers with cooking spray). Let stand for about 1 hour to harden.
• Cut into bars.

PEANUT ENERGY BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together the first five ingredients, plus the wheat germ if desired, and set aside.
• In a medium microwaveable bowl, combine the peanut butter, brown sugar and corn syrup; microwave on high for two minutes. Add vanilla and stir until blended.
• Pour the peanut butter mixture over the dry ingredients and stir until coated.
• For squares, pour the mixture into an 8 x 8-inch pan coated with cooking spray; for bars, spoon it into a 9 x 13-inch oblong pan. Press down firmly. (It helps to coat your fingers with margarine, oil or cooking spray.).
• Let stand for about an hour to harden, then cut into squares or bars.

PEANUTTY ENERGY BARS (NO BAKE)

Steps:

• Lightly grease an 8-inch square dish.
• In a large bowl mix together the first six ingredients.
• In another bowl mix together the peanut butter, brown sugar and corn syrup; microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes, add in vanilla and mix well to combine.
• Add in the dry mixture and stir with a wooden spoon to coat well.
• Transfer to prepared baking dish, and using clean oiled hands press down the mixture in the pan.
• Let stand room temperature for 1 hour before slicing (if you can wait that long LOL!).
• Cut into bars.