recipe for protein bars with nuts.?

Answer 1

Granola Bars
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Yield: 16 (2-inch) squares

8 ounces old-fashioned rolled oats, approximately 2 cups
1-1/2 ounces raw sunflower seeds, approximately 1/2 cup
3 ounces sliced almonds, approximately 1 cup
1-1/2 ounces wheat germ, approximately 1/2 cup
6 ounces honey, approximately 1/2 cup
1-3/4 ounces dark brown sugar, approximately 1/4 cup packed
1-ounce unsalted butter, plus extra for pan
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
6-1/2 ounces chopped dried fruit, any combination of apricots, cherries or blueberries
1/2 cup milk chocolate morsals

Butter a 9 by 9-inch glass baking dish and set aside. Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

Spread the oats, sunflower seeds, almonds, and wheat germ onto a half-sheet pan. Place in the oven and toast for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

In the meantime, combine the honey, brown sugar, butter, extract and salt in a medium saucepan and place over medium heat. Cook until the brown sugar has completely dissolved.

Once the oat mixture is done, remove it from the oven and reduce the heat to 300ºF. Immediately add the oat mixture to the liquid mixture, add the dried fruit, and chocolate morsals; stir to combine.

Turn mixture out into the prepared baking dish and press down, evenly distributing the mixture in the dish and place in the oven to bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. Cut into squares and store in an airtight container for up to a week.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

here's a couple of recipes for you homie. good luck to you and i hope this answer makes it to your best answer.

No Bake Nutrition Bar Recipe by Stella Juarez


If you don't like the additives in store-bought nutrition bars or hate paying $3 for a meal replacement bar or protein bar snack, you'll appreciate this recipe. My friend Sara passed a recipe on to me from a Body-For-Life message board and I've modified based on some kitchen testing. These are quick to make and make for a nice little snack, too. Best of all, they contain healthy dietary fat, are no-sugar added and do not contain glycerine or other unnatural ingredients. Be sure to keep them refrigerated and don't eat the whole batch at once!





Ingredients:

5 tbsp natural peanut butter (chunky or smooth)

1/2 cup dry oats or whole grain hot cereal (uncooked)

1/2 cup oat flour * (double the oats if you do not have oat flour)

6 scoops chocolate whey protein (~132 grams protein)

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 tablespoons flax seeds (optional)

1 cup non-fat dry milk

1/2 cup water (depending on what type of protein you use, you may need to add more)



Directions:



Spray an 8x8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Combine dry ingredients in a medium size bowl and mix well. Add peanut butter and mix - the mixture will be crumbly and dry. Add water & vanilla. Using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, everything until a dough forms. The dough will be sticky. Spread dough into pan using a clean wooden spoon or spatula that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Refrigerate a few hours (or freeze for an hour) and cut into 9 squares. Wrap bars individually (use sandwich bags or plastic wrap) or store in covered container between sheets of wax paper. Keep refrigerated.



Modifications: Use vanilla protein and replace ~1/4 cup of the oatflour with a variety of nuts, seeds, or dried berries. Chopped almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, peanuts, flax seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, raisins, or dried cranberries would all work well.



* Making Oatmeal/Oat Flour: To make your own oat flour, all you need to do is put a cup or two of oatmeal in a regular household blender and blend it on high...it will turn into a flour. Store in a covered bowl in the pantry. It takes 1 minute and is VERY easy and cheap alternative to buying in the store.



Nutritional Information Per Serving:

197 calories, 21 g protein, 7.2 g fat (8% saturated), 13.7 g carbohydrate, 1.6 g fiber





Date Nut Protein Bar Recipe

turf's Date Nut Protein Bars were originally developed to make a dense high energy no-cook food suitable for backpacking and camping. They are also in response to the difficulty in finding healthy protein bars that do not have hydrogenated oils, soy, corn, corn syrup, wheat, petrochemicals, or artificial sweeteners, which excludes almost every protein bar on the market with the exception of Nutribiotic ProZone bars, and these are pretty hard to find fresh. Prozone 40-30-30 bars are made with whey protein, fruit leather, and nuts, and are an excellent product, but you need to eat a couple of them to make a meal, which can be expensive.

Coincidentally, while the recipe for turf's date nut bars were being developed, a new product hit the market called LaraBars. They are also made with dates and nuts, but no protein. They come in many different flavors.

Date nut protein bars can be made with infinite variations so experiment and find your favorite.

Recipe

1 cup pitted dates
1 - 1.5 cups raw nuts or seeds.
1/2 cup to 1 cup protein powder (either a good whey product or No-Soy vegetable protein)

Optional:

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa, dark or regular
1/2 cup dried unsweetened apples, blueberries, or cherries, or 1/4 cup unsweetened cranberries
1/2 tsp or to taste Real Salt or Himalayan Pink Salt
1/2 - 1 tsp or to taste cinnamon, ginger, fennel seeds, or other spices.

Process all ingredients together in food processor. If needed, add water 1 tsp at a time while processing to get it just moist enough to hold together when pressed. Either roll into balls, press into bars or loaf, or to make them of uniform size, press into lever release ice cream scoop, melon or meatballer. Dust with oat flour or protein powder or roll in coconut if desired.

One golf ball size portion of this mix is a filling snack or a meal for light appetite. Two is a meal for a hearty appetite.

For nuts/seeds - raw hulled pumpkin seeds are a good source of both omega 3 and omega 6 oils, and are the best choice if a single nut/seed is desired. Walnuts are primarily omega 3 and sunflower seeds and almonds are primarily omega 6, so a mix of these is also good. Roasted peanuts are a tasty addition, but not as healthy.

For protein powder, use either a good whey protein powder or a soy-free vegetable protein like NatureAde Soy Free Veg Protein Booster (contains pea, rice, and potato protein). For whey protein, a good choice is Next Nutrition's Designer Protein, either French Vanilla or Plain - their chocolate and regular vanilla contain an artificial sweetener. The French Vanilla has a small amount of stevia but not enough to sweeten it much. Protein content can be adjusted from medium content (1/2 cup) to high content (1 cup). Using more will require a couple extra teaspoons of water to make.

Amount of water needed varies widely depending on if cocoa powder is used, how much protein powder is used, what type of protein is used (vegetable protein requires much more than whey), moisture content of dates, and oil content of nuts/seeds. Lemon juice can be used instead of water to make lemon flavored bars - see below.

A good version of this is with a 1/4 cup dark cocoa (and salt) since this large amount of cocoa cuts the sweetness of the dates. If not using cocoa or a sour component like berries, it is too sweet for many people. The sweetness may also be mitigated with ascorbic acid (start with a 1/2 tsp) or other sour/acid ingredient.

Another solution is to use _unsweetened_ lemon juice or lemon juice powder to make lemon flavored bars. If buying lemon powder, look carefully at the ingredients before buying and if they are not stated, assume the product is made with corn syrup or sugar. Only get pure lemon juice or fruit powder such as that available from http://myspicer.com/ . Note that Frontier's Lemon Juice Powder, sold by Kalyx and many other vendors, is not suitable since the ingredients are "corn syrup solids, lemon solids and lemon oil."