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Yukon Rooster Protein Bar

Description
Incredibly rich and full of crunchy texture, this is one protein bar recipe you'll be making again and again. Offer a sample to your friends and they'll soon be asking you to make them full batches. The Yukon Rooster Protein Bar features a spectrum of protein that makes it ideal for a workout recovery food. Peanut Butter, edamane nuts, whey protein powder, and Wheaties Fuel cereal round out the primary components.

#1 Ingredients #2 Wheatis Fuel cereal #3 Dry ingredients #4 Boil sugars #5 Add peanut butter #6 Sugar mixture complete #7 Pour onto dry ingredients #8 Serve
Ingredients
1-1/2 cup rolled oats
1-1/2 cup Wheaties Fuel cereal
1/4 cup flax seeds
1 cup raisins or currants
1/2 edamane or soy nuts
1/2 cup Hammer Nutrition whey protein isolate 15% Discount Link
1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
1 cup brown rice syrup or light corn syrup
3 Tablespoons honey
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup reduced fat peanut butter
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Spread the oats, cereal, and flax seed onto shallow baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until lightly toasted. Grease a 13x9 baking dish and set aside. Mix all dry ingredients except cinnamon in large bowl and set aside. Boil syrup, sugar, and honey. Reduce heat and add peanut butter, cinnamon and vanilla. Remove from heat and before the mixture cools, pour over dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Quickly spread mixture into greased baking dish. With damp hands, press mixture flat into the dish. Allow to cool for approximately 2 hours. Refrigerate for up to one week. Makes about 12 bars.
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Pictured here are most of the ingredients required to make Yukon Rooster Protein Bars. You can purchase Kretschmer's wheat germ at the RDN Store. Remember that wheat germ is nothing to be afraid of. Kretschmer tells us that wheat germ is the “heart” of the wheat kernel - a concentrated source of several essential nutrients including Vitamin E, folate (folic acid), phosphorous, thiamin, zinc and magnesium. Try to buy the Wheaties Fuel with Hunter Kemper on the box. I had to settle for Peyton Manning.
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Yukon Rooster Protein Bars feature Wheaties Fuel cereal. Not a bad choice for breakfast.
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The first step is to combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
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Next, bring the corn syrup, honey and sugar to a boil in a sauce pan.
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When the sugars reach a boil, reduce heat and add the peanut butter, cinnamon and vanilla.
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The peanut butter melts nicely and creates a fantastic brown sugary nectar.
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Remove the sugary nectar from heat, and pour it over the dry ingredients.
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Stir the mixture and quickly (before it cools) pour into a greased 13x9 dish. With slightly damp hands, press the mixture flat into the base of the dish. That's all there is to it. Let the bars cool for two hours and dig in!