Morning Health Bars Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• 2. In a large bowl stir together the peanut butter, the melted butter, the brown sugar, the honey or syrup and the vanilla and almond extracts until smooth.
• 3. Add all the other ingredients. Stir well.
• 4. Press the mixture into 13 x 9 inch greased pan and bake for approximately 20-25 minutes, or just until they lightly browned around the edges.
• 5. While still warm score bars, but let cool completely on wire rack before removing bars to a serving platter or storage container.
• 6. Store any leftover bar in the refrigerator as they keep best that way.
• 7. Recipe Note: You can individually wrap each bar for a quick on-the-go healthy breakfast bar. You can freeze them for long-term storage that way too.
• 8. Charlotte Hunt was kind enough to use a online program to approximate the nutritional values of the way I made my recipe--remember that is just approximation... Nutritional Info: Servings Per Recipe: 24 Amount Per Serving Calories: 232.6 Total Fat: 13.5 g Cholesterol: 10.2 mg Sodium: 84.1 mg Total Carbs: 27.4 g Dietary Fiber: 2.2 g Protein: 4.8 g
• 9. Rhonda Gutman used the Sparks People Recipe Calculator at: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp 24 Servings-Amount Per Serving Calories 198.8 Total Fat 10.7 g Saturated Fat 4.4 g Polyunsaturated Fat 1.7 g Monounsaturated Fat 4.0 g Cholesterol 10.4 mg Sodium 146.8 mg Potassium 142.5 mg Total Carbohydrate 25.5 g Dietary Fiber 2.3 g Sugars 15.7 g Protein 3.7 g Vitamin A 17.0 % Vitamin B-12 0.1 % Vitamin B-6 17.0 % Vitamin C 0.2 % Vitamin D 0.0 % Vitamin E 4.3 % Calcium 8.0 % Copper 6.3 % Folate 11.4 % Iron 17.1 % Magnesium 8.8 % Manganese 32.0 % Niacin 15.2 % Pantothenic Acid 2.3 % Phosphorus 9.1 % Riboflavin 7.9 % Selenium 9.9 % Thiamin 16.2 % Zinc 4.8 % *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs