Get Up n' Go Bars
A recipe from Create Cooking Challenge 2017 winner Buki Elegbede.
Recipe Ingredients
- - 2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
- - 1 cup sunflower seeds
- - 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
- - ½ cup toasted wheat germ
- - 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- - ⅔ cup honey
- - ¼ cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed
- - 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- - ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- - ½ cup chopped crystalized ginger
- - ½ cup chopped dried cherries
- - ½ cup dried cranberries
Recipe Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter a 9 x 13-inch baking dish and line it with parchment paper.
- Toss the oatmeal, sunflower seeds, and coconut together on a sheet pan and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned.
- Transfer the mixture to a large mixing bowl and stir in the wheat germ.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees F.
- Place the coconut oil, honey, brown sugar, vanilla, and salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook and stir for a minute, then pour over the toasted oatmeal mixture.
- Add the ginger, cranberries, and cherries and stir well.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
- Wet your fingers and lightly press the mixture evenly into the pan.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until light golden brown.
- Cool for at least 2 to 3 hours before cutting into squares. Wrap tightly and serve at room temperature.