Fruit and Nut Bars

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 16
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 238.3
  • Total Fat: 10.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 7.8 mg
  • Sodium: 106.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 33.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.6 g
  • Protein: 5.7 g

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Introduction

The squirrels even fight over these! They are better than any that you can buy. The squirrels even fight over these! They are better than any that you can buy.
Number of Servings: 16

Ingredients

    2 cups oats
    3/4 cup wheat germ
    3/4 cup sunflower seeds
    1/2 cup whole almonds
    2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
    1/2 cup honey
    4 TBS butter
    2 teas. vanilla
    1/2 teas. salt
    8 oz dried fruit

Directions

Toast the oats and wheat germ on a baking sheet in the oven at 350 degrees for about 5-10 minutes until lightly browned. Toast the almonds for about 10 minutes separately until slightly browned.

Cook the sugar, honey and butter in a saucepan on the stove until bubbly. Remove from heat and add vanilla and salt.

Put the oats, wheat germ, sunflower seeds, almonds and dried fruit in a bowl. Add the sugar, honey and butter mixture and mix well.

Line a 8 x 8 baking pan with wax paper and press the mixture into it. Let cool and set. Peel the wax paper off the back and cut into bars.

Makes about 16 bars

Number of Servings: 16

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ROCCOJANRAN.

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