Name: Oat & cranberry bars
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 100g self raising flour; 100g porridge oats; 100g light muscovado sugar; 100g dried cranberries; 100g butter melted; 1 tbsp golden syrup; 1large egg beaten; 1 tsp vanilla extract or almond extract; 3 tbsp flaked almonds; icing sugar for dusting

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Oat & cranberry bars

Oat & cranberry bars

Mary Cadogan

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Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 20 mins - 25 mins

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Easy to make, these delicious energy-packed oat bars are an ideal snack to make on a camping holiday or to take on long car journeys

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Ingredients

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100g self raising flour
100g porridge oats
100g light muscovado sugar
100g dried cranberries
100g butter

melted
1 tbsp golden syrup
1large egg

beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract

or almond extract
3 tbsp flaked almonds
icing sugar

for dusting

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Nutrition: per bar

kcal216
fat10g
saturates5g
carbs27g
sugars15g
fibre2g
protein4g
salt0.2g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line the base of a 20cm square tin with baking parchment.
step 2

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, oats, sugar and cranberries. Make a well in the centre and add the butter, golden syrup, egg and vanilla extract. Stir well until evenly damp.
step 3

Tip into the tin and spread out evenly. Sprinkle with almonds and bake for 20-25 mins until lightly golden. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then cut into 6 one way and 2 the other to make 12 bars. Dust with icing sugar.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2014

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