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JAZZ ENERGY BARS

Take a couple of bars to school or work to give you an energy boost between meals.

Makes 12 bars
3 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
100g (3 1/2oz) good quality clear honey
1 tsp ground mixed spice
175g (6oz) rolled oats
60g (2oz) mixed dried cranberries and cherries, or raisins, or 8 dried apricots, chopped
30g (1oz) Macadamia nuts (or pecans, almonds or cashews) roughly chopped
2 Jazz apples
1 tsp sesame seeds
20cm (8 in) square tin, lined with Bakewell paper

1 Set the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Soften the peanut butter in a bowl, mix in the honey and spice then the oats, dried fruit and nuts.
2 Chop one unpeeled, cored, apple finely and mix into the oat mixture, with your hand is the best way.
3 Spread the mixture into the tin. Quarter and core the remaining apple and cut each piece into 3 wedges. Arrange the wedges on top of the oat mixture in 2 rows, pressing them in well. Brush the apple with a little more honey and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
3 Bake for 30-35 minutes until browned. Cut through into 12 bars while still hot, then leave to cool in the tin. Take out and keep wrapped in foil.
The bars will keep for a week in the fridge.
 
Contain no dairy products but do contain nuts and seeds.

Just a note on the Jazz Energy Bars
They are 146 kcals per bar and each bar contains 6g fat (of which 1g saturated)

*The bars are low in saturated fat.
*They are dairy free and wheat free (can’t say gluten free as oats contain small amounts of gluten)
*Low in sodium /salt
*The combination of nuts and seeds provide ‘heart friendly’ fats