Berna's Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 weetabix, crushed up
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1 1/2 cups nuts (cashews ,brazils, hazelnuts, walnuts, any combination )
• 1 cup rice bubbles (rice crispies )
• 1 cup lsa (ground linseed, sesame seed & almond mix )
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup craisins (dried sweetened cranberries )
• 1/2 cup dates, chopped roughly
• 1/2 cup skim milk powder
• 125 g butter
• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup soft brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 grease & line a 15"x10" lamington/slice tin- let the paper overhang the edges, it makes it easier to get out of the pan without breaking.
• 2 put the first 9 ingredients in a large bowl, mix well.
• 3 put the next 4 ingredients into a saucepan and heat gently until melted, stir well until blended then boil for a minute.
• 4 add the hot liquid to the dry ingredients and mix very well until everything is coated then tip into lined tin, spread evenly & press down very firmly smoothing the topas you press.
• 5 refrigerate until firm enough to cut into 22 bars. ( i usually freeze it for 1/2 an hour & then tip it out onto a board, mark it up & then cut, so that i don't damage the tin.
• 6 prep time is weighing/measuring time.
• 7 cooking time is cooling/freezing time.