Want to make a delicious DIY granola bar? This is how you can make power bars yourself - without baking and a lot of time.
Fed up with ready-made bars from the supermarket? Are you put off by additives, sugar and flavorings? Then it's time to make your own energy bars according to your own recipe.
It sounds much more complicated than it actually is. In truth, all you have to do is mix all the ingredients together well, stir in a little dried fruit and nut puree, and let the bar rest overnight.
Sounds like a good plan, right?
Let's make power bars ourselves!
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Why you should make power bars yourself
Homemade granola bars are optimal when the little hunger comes. They provide healthy calories on stressful or very sporty days.
Instead of chocolate, cookies or other sweet stuff, your body gets a lot of minerals and vitamins with the bars. This keeps you full for a long time and fills your nutrient chambers.
But you could just buy a bar, right? Yes, you could. But homemade tastes even better.
You can decide for yourself which ingredients end up in the recipe. If you don't like raisins, you can easily substitute them. If you're allergic to a particular nut, simply omit it and use a different one.
You can simply omit household sugar and use natural sugar sources such as honey or dates. You can also omit flavorings and preservatives when making your own power bars.
These power bars are
- lactose free
- free from table sugar
- easy to prepare
- mega tasty
- a fiber bomb
- also well suited for cooking beginners
Try these delicious energy balls with dates!
Very important: For this recipe you need a powerful food processor*. An ordinary hand blender will probably overheat because the dried fruit is very sticky and tough.
But you'll also need to assist the food processor by soaking the dried fruit before you get started.
Freshly baked from the oven: DIY nut bars!
You can order some ingredients for this recipe at Amazon or other online stores
- Dried fruit
- Fine leaf oatmeal*
- Soy flakes*
- Organic honey*
- Organic almond paste*
So, let's get started right away. I'm sure you're eagerly awaiting the recipe. By the way: After the recipe you will find a list of ingredients that are also suitable for making power bars yourself. You can combine them as you like.
Homemade energy bars
Ingredients
- 50 g Dates
- 1 EL Chopped flax seeds
- 30 g Soy flakes (alternatively: spelt flakes)
- 60 g Tender oatmeal
- 30 g Chopped hazelnuts
- 10 g Chopped pumpkin seeds
- 30 g Honey
- 110 g Almond paste (alternative: peanut butter, cashew paste, hazelnut paste)
- 1 Pinch Salt
- 30 g Dried cranberries (alternative: apricots, plums, cherries etc)
Anleitung
- Soak the dates in lukewarm water for 10 minutes. In the meantime, place a sheet of baking paper on a baking tray.
- Mix flax seeds, soy flakes, oatmeal, hazelnuts and pumpkin seeds in a bowl.
- Puree the dates. Alternatively, you can also cut them very small.
- Heat the honey very briefly so that it becomes more liquid. Add the nut puree and the dates and mix the liquids well.
- Now add the dry ingredients. Knead the mass together best with your hands. Spread it evenly on the baking paper. Push the mass together so that it is about 1 cm thick in all places.
- Let the bars rest for about an hour. Then cut them into pieces and let them set overnight. Power bars self-made completed - sit back and enjoy.
Notes
- 19.8 g carbohydrates
- 6,7 g protein
- 14,2 g fat
Nährwerte
And how long are the bars durable? With me not long, because I eat them within 2-3 days :). But theoretically you can eat them for 5-6 days after production. It's just important that you store them in the fridge.
If you see after making them that you'll never make it, freeze the power bars one at a time. When they are frozen through, you can put them together in a tupperware box and prevent them from sticking together.
You can now keep the energy bars frozen for 4-5 months.
Try these granola bars with shortbread!
How you can refine the power bar recipe
Not quite convinced of the recipe? No problem, tastes are just different. Therefore, here comes a list of ingredients that you can also add to the bars.
It is important that the total amount remains the same. If you replace the almond paste, then you must use the same amount of peanut butter. This also applies to the dried fruits and nuts.
What you can't leave out are the dates. On the one hand they provide the sweetness and on the other hand they make the ingredients stick together. The nuts bring energy to the snack and lots of healthy fats and protein.
How about
- Agave syrup* instead of honey - and the bars are vegan
- Chopped almonds, walnuts, pistachios, peanuts, or Cashews*
- Banana chips
- Vanilla
- Cinnamon*
- Cocoa powder*
- Rice flakes
- Sunflower seeds
- Chia seeds*
- puffed quinoa
- Apple chips
Delicious spelt flakes porridge with chocolate and fruit!
Our conclusion
Making power bars yourself is anything but difficult. You can prepare the homemade energy bars in larger quantities and then freeze them or store them in the refrigerator. Mix nuts, seeds, mush, flakes according to your mood. The recipe will always taste a little different, but always mega delicious.
Good luck and enjoy it!
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