Chocolate cereal bars
These have a chocolate sweetcrust pastry base, topped with dried fruit, toasted nuts and seeds, bound with a brown-sugar and butter mixture, then gently baked.
Once the flapjack-like cake has cooled, it can be cut into bars.
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Last modified on: July 11th 2018
For 20 bars, you will need:
- 1
200 g Chocolate sweetcrust pastry - 2
60 g pistachios
- 3
20 g sesame seeds - 4
100 g dried apricots - 5
100 g raisins - 6
120 g rolled oats - 7
125 g butter - 8
125 g brown sugar - Total weight: 850 grams
How long does it take?
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 25 min. | 53 min. | 1 hour 18 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1
5 min.
Chocolate sweetcrust base
Preheat the oven to 340°F (170°C.)Roll out 200 g Chocolate sweetcrust pastry.
Use an 8 inch (20 cm) patisserie square as your guide.
Stage 2
3 min.
Cut the pastry to fit the square and lay on a baking sheet with the metal square over it.Prick the pastry all over with a fork or pique-vite (pastry pricker).
Stage 3
15 min.
Bake for about 15 minutes, then leave to cool with the square in place.Do not turn the oven off.
Stage 4
10 min.
Nut, seed and fruit mixture
Weigh out 60 g pistachios and 20 g sesame seeds, then spread these on a baking sheet. Toast them in the oven for 10 minutes.Take out of the oven and leave to cool.
Do not turn the oven off.
Stage 5
5 min.
Stage 6
2 min.
Put into a bowl: the pistachios, sesame seeds, apricots, 100 g raisins and 120 g rolled oats.Stage 7
5 min.
Stage 8
3 min.
Add the fruit, nut and seed mixture. Mix well.Cook while stirring constantly for about 2 or 3 minutes.
Stage 9
3 min.
Tip the mixture into the square over the chocolate sweetcrust base and spread evenly with the back of a tablespoon.Stage 10
20 min.
Baking and cutting
Bake for about 20 minutes.When cooked, take out of the oven and remove the metal square while hot (it's easier), then leave to cool.
Stage 11
7 min. Cut up with a serrated knife into bars about half an inch by 4 inches (1,5 x 10 cm).Remarks
You can vary the fruit, nuts and seeds in this recipe. For example, use cranberries instead of apricots, or hazelnuts insted of pistachios. But it is best to stick with oats as the base.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
For 20 bars : 5.62 €
Per bars : 0.28 €
Source: Home made.
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| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Genoese croque-monsieur, Scrambled eggs (Oeufs brouillés), Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) purée, Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms, Surprise eggs, ... All |
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