Here is a recipe given to me that I have been using for years. The recipe is easy-to-make and no baking required. I was looking for a flavorful, satisfying easy to carry snack food that would fit nicely in the bike small cooler. Best of all, there is no added sugar or other preservatives!
ALMOND COCONUT ENERGY BARS
In a big bowl mix these dry ingredients -
15 scoops of any plain or vanilla protein powder
3 cups oatmeal
1 cup dried unsweetened coconut
1cup ground Flaxseed
1 cup golden or brown Flaxseed whole
1 cup Chia seeds
1 cup raw Sesame seeds
1 cup raw Pumpkin seeds
1 cup raw Sunflower seeds
3 tbs. Cinnamon
3 tsp Sea Salt
2 tsp powdered Madagascar Vanilla or 3tbs. of Madagascar Vanilla extract
Stir the dry ingredients really well so that they are all blended evenly.
Wet ingredients –
6 cups almond butter (You can also use cashew or peanut butter if you like)
3 cups coconut oil
2 cups honey (you can add more honey if you like it a little sweeter) Tips - Put the almond butter and coconut oil in a bowl. Heat the honey on low till it's fairly hot. Then pour it over the almond butter and coconut oil. Stir these three ingredients until they are well blended.
Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and stir really well. I usually end up doing the final mixing with my hands. place the mixed ingredients in the 9 x 13 pans.
This will make two full 9 x 13 pans.
Cover the filled pans with foil or saran wrap and refrigerate for several hours.
Next, you can cut the bars into any size you like, put the cut bars into plastic containers and then stick the containers back into the refrigerator. The bars are now ready for consumption. You can vary ingredient quantities to suit your taste. It’s hard to mess up this recipe! If you want, organic ingredients maybe used, but they do cost more.
Enjoy.