Tropical Energy Bar

Name: Tropical Energy Bar
Yield: Makes 12 pieces
Cuisine: Americas
Ingredients: 1 tsp sunflower oil, for the tin; 60 g (2¼ oz) ready-to-eat dried apricots; 2 large eggs; 100 g (3½ oz) maple syrup; 50 g (1¾ oz) pecans; 60 g (2¼ oz) ready-to-eat dried mango; 75 g (2¾ oz) rolled porridge oats; 25 g (1 oz) plain flour; 50 g (1¾ oz) dark muscovado sugar; 1 tsp. ground cinnamon; 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds; 50 g (1¾ oz) shelled, unsalted pistachios; 50 g (1¾ oz) dates; really good grating of nutmeg

Preparation info

Makes
12 pieces

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food for Friends

By Levi Roots

Published 2010

About

I know the idea of energy bars is that they should be entirely good and healthy, but somehow I’ve got cream in my mind to pour over this... Or else you could put a bar in a school lunchbox or have it as a delicious and healthy snack-on-the-go.

Ingredients

1 tsp sunflower oil, for the tin
60 g (2¼ oz) ready-to-eat dried mango

Americas
Snack
Caribbean
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Brush a 25 × 25 cm (10 × 10 in