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Conrad Energy Bars
Ingredients:
1 cup dark raisins
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup quick cooking oats
1/4 cup wheat germ Purchase from the RDN Store
1 cup sliced almonds (optional)
1/2 cup nonfat dry milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup golden molasses (dark is also okay)
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup butter or Margarine
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 13 inch x 9 inch baking pan with cooking spray (I recommend butter).
Chop raisins (in food processor, if possible). Cream butter, sugar, molasses
and egg. Combine flour, dry milk, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda,
salt, and ginger. Blend into creamed mixture with liquid milk. Stir in
oats, raisins, and half the almonds (if desired). Pour into baking pan and
spread evenly. Sprinkle with remaining almonds (if desired). Bake at 250 deg
F for approx. 30 minutes. Cool in pan and cut into 1x4 inch bars.
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Here are all the ingredients required to make the Conrad
Energy Bars. There are a lot of ingredients to gather, but luckily, most
are pretty basic. I did have some trouble locating
wheat germ at my local grocery. But a helpful employee directed me to
the cereal aisle where I was pleased to find two options: regular lightly toasted
and honey crunch. I selected the regular wheat germ as the recipe
specified, but made a mental note to come back for the honey crunch next time.
You can also purchase Kretschmer's wheat germ at the RDN Store.
By the way, our friends at Kretschmer tell
us that wheat germ is nothing to be afraid of. In fact, it's good for you.
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.
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Combine the flour, dry milk, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda, salt and ginger to a
large mixing bowl. Just pretend you don't see the oats or the sugar in this photo. I
added them too soon.
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Mix the dry ingredients from the previous step, then stir in the oats, raisins, and half the almonds (if desired).
I skipped chopping the raisins with a food processor, but I would recommend that you don't. Finely shredded
raisins will bake into a more texturally compact bar. Without chopping the raisins, they bars suffer from a
a "too close" association to the dreaded fruitcake.
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All the dry ingredients except sugar are combined in the bowl.
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Now find a second bowl and begin combining the wet ingredients. Here we
are pouring dark molasses over butter.
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Cream together the butter, sugar, molasses, and egg.
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Pour liquid mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients.
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Mix it all together.
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Pour combined ingredients into the baking pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle with
remaining almonds (if desired). Note: I failed to follow directions and mixed
all the almonds into the bowl.
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Bake at 350 degrees F for approximately 30 minutes. Make sure the edges begin to turn medium to dark brown, but not
black.
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Let cool in the pan and then cut into 1x4 inch bars.
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Serve and enjoy!
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