Chocolate cereal bars


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:

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Cooking: 55 min.
All in all: 1 hour 20 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Chocolate cereal bars : Stage 1

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.
Chocolate cereal bars : Stage 2
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.
Chocolate cereal bars : Stage 3
Bake for about 15 minutes, then leave to cool with the square in place.

Do not turn the oven off.

Stage 4 - 10 min.
Chocolate cereal bars : Stage 4

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.
Chocolate cereal bars : Stage 5
Cut 100 g dried apricots into small pieces.

Set aside.

Stage 6 - 2 min.
Chocolate cereal bars : Stage 6
Put into a bowl: the pistachios, sesame seeds, apricots, 100 g raisins and 120 g rolled oats.

Stage 7 - 5 min.
Chocolate cereal bars : Stage 7
Put 125 g butter and 125 g brown sugar into a saucepan on medium heat and bring to the boil while whisking.

Stage 8 - 3 min.
Chocolate cereal bars : Stage 8
Add the fruit, nut and seed mixture. Mix well.

Cook while stirring constantly for about 2 or 3 minutes.

Stage 9 - 3 min.
Chocolate cereal bars : Stage 9
Tip the mixture into the square over the chocolate sweetcrust base and spread evenly with the back of a tablespoon.

Stage 10 - 20 min.
Chocolate cereal bars : Stage 10

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.
Chocolate cereal bars : Stage 11
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.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe50 RDI=20 %450 RDI=40 %210 RDI=30 %3,690 RDI=190 %15,460 RDI: 190 %
Per 100 g6 RDI=2 %50 RDI=5 %20 RDI=4 %430 RDI=20 %1,820 RDI: 20 %
Per bars2 RDI=1 %20 RDI=2 %10 RDI=2 %180 RDI=9 %770 RDI: 9 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, egg, Gluten, Nuts, Sesame, Sulfites
How much will it cost?
  • For 20 bars : £4.45
  • Per bars : £0.25

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