Apple Walnut Breakfast Bars

Total Time: 17 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup dried apple, snipped
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/3 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup apple butter (i've used honey as a substitute)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans
• 1/3 cup toasted wheat germ
• 1/4 cup roasted sunflower seeds
• 2 cups corn flakes or 2 cups bran flakes

Recipe

• 1 in a dutch oven combine dried apples, honey, raisins, and brown sugar.
• 2 heat and stir until mixture boils; reduce heat slightly.
• 3 cook, uncovered, for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 stir in peanut butter until melted.
• 6 stir in apple butter and cinnamon.
• 7 stir in rolled oats, walnuts, wheat germ, and sunflower seeds until well combined.
• 8 add cereal, stirring to coat.
• 9 press mixture very firmly (or bars will crumble) and evenly into an ungreased 8x8x2-inch pan.
• 10 chill to set.
• 11 cut into 8 bars.
• 12 store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 2 days.