Recipes of Arkadia: Camilo Molina's Nutty Oat Bars - M. Darusha Wehm

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (melted)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup honey (or brown sugar)
• 1/2 cup nut butter (peanut butter)
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1 tsp baking soda (reduce to 1/2 tsp if using sugar instead of honey)
• pinch salt
• 1 cup mixed nuts, dried fruit (can add chocolate chunks)
• Preheat the oven to 350F/200C.
• Beat the egg, butter and honey (or sugar) with a fork until it’s fluffy. Earthers can add a drop pr two of vanilla extract here. Then stir in the nut butter.
• Once that’s all smooth, add the oats and mix well so the oats are all damp.
• Add the flour, baking soda, salt. Stir until it's just mixed, then stir in the fruit and nuts.
• Pour it into a pan, smoothing it out with the back of a spoon. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes until the centre is solid and the top is golden. Let it cool a bit to firm up, then slice into bars.