No-Packaging Snacks

This is a nice home-made snack that you could easily wrap in waxed paper and take a long with you on a hike or a plane trip.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups of rolled oats - I used gluten free because I had them on hand but you could use any kind

1 cup of all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

1/2 cup chopped dried apricots

1/4 cup chopped dried cranberries

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

2 tablespoons shelled sunflower seeds

Pinch of salt

I cup packed golden yellow sugar

1/2 cup of maple syrup or agave syrup 

1/2 cup of nut butter - peanut butter or almond butter or cashew butter etc

1/4 cup light vegetable oil - I used canola oil

Egg replacer to the equivalent of 2 eggs

Mix the rolled oats, flour, baking soda, apricots, cranberries, chocolate chips, walnuts, sunflower seeds and salt in a large bowl.

Mix the golden yellow sugar, the syrup the nut butter, the vegetable oil and the egg replacer with a hand mixer or stand mixer, then pour in the dry ingredients and mix until well blended.

Prepare an 8 x 11 pan - I used cooking spray, and pack in the mixture, flatten it and then put the pan in the oven for 30 minutes.

When the pan has cooled cut the mixture into bars.  Store them in an airtight container in the fridge.  

You can wrap them and take them along on car trips etc.