Fruit, oat & seed bars

INGREDIENTS


140g light muscovado sugar
3 tbsp golden syrup
140g butter
250g rolled oats
85g raisins or sultanas
85g walnut pieces (or use your favourite nuts, roughly chopped)
50g sesame or mixed seeds
25g dried cranberries
50g ready-to-eat apricots, finely chopped

PROCEDURE

• Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Gently heat the sugar, golden syrup and butter in a pan until the sugar and butter have both melted. Stir the oats, raisins, walnuts, seeds and cranberries into the pan until coated in the butter.
• Spoon half the oaty mix into a traybake tin (23 x 23cm or thereabouts). Scatter the apricots over the top, then top with the remaining oat mix. Pack the mix down well and smooth with the back of a metal spoon. Bake for 35 mins or until dark golden. Leave to cool completely before cutting into 16 bars with a sharp knife.

SOURCE: bbcgoodfood.com