Homemade Protein Bars

Category Snacks

Adding more protein to your diet is helpful in building muscle as well as losing weight. Protein bars can be quite expensive so making them at home will save you money.This page contains recipes for homemade protein bars.

Recipes

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Recipe: Fruit and Coconut Bars

By Dorothy [79 Posts, 154 Comments]1 found this helpful

November 6, 2009

A morning snack with fiber and tasty.

Ingredients:

100 grams breakfast oats
100 grams sultanas
100 grams raisins
70 grams wholewheat flour
5 ml baking powder
100 grams soft brown sugar
60 grams desiccated coconut
150 grams butter
20 ml honey
100 grams dark chocolate

Directions:

Preheat oven to 355 degrees F (180 C.) Grease and line a baking tray.

Combine oats, sultanas, raisins,wholewheat flour, baking powder, sugar and coconut. Melt butter in microwave for 2 minutes. Add to dry ingredients and mix well

Press into baking tray and bake for 25-30 minutes or till light brown. Remove and cool.

Melt chocolate and spread over the top of the bars. Cut into bars and serve.

Servings:	6
Time:	20 Minutes Preparation Time 25-30 Minutes Cooking Time

Source: friend

By Dorty from SA

Editor's Note: Here is a Wikipedia entry on cooking weights and measures, with some conversion charts that may be helpful. There are also several other conversion websites online:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_weights_and_measures

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Recipe: Homemade Protein Bars

February 4, 20122 found this helpful

I did a web search and found this recipe. I have not tried these but they were marked with 5 stars.

Ingredients:

1 mashed banana
1 1/2 cups dry oatmeal

2 Tbsp. flax seed, ground
2-4 scoops protein powder
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup shredded coconut
1/4 cup coconut oil or butter, melted
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup water
1 large chocolate bar (I used organic dark chocolate) or 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

Mix all ingredients but chocolate together well (mixture will be somewhat sticky). Line an 8x8-inch pan with foil and spread the mixture evenly in the pan. Melt chocolate on the stove or in the microwave. Drizzle or spread over the mixture in the pan.

Place the pan in the freezer for at least 2 hours. Cut into 10 -12 bars and wrap in plastic wrap and/or foil and store in the freezer. Thaw slightly before serving.

1/10th of this recipe = approximately 260 calories and 11 to 13 grams of protein (depending upon how much protein powder you use, per Calorie Count.)

Servings: 10 -12 bars

Prep Time: 2 Hours

Cooking Time: 0 Minutes

By Marcia S. from Spokane Valley, WA

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Recipe: Golden Apricot Bars

By Robin [5,887 Posts, 29 Comments]0 found this helpful

October 20, 2008

Ingredients

2/3 cup dried apricots
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 Tbsp. honey
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour, sifted
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup honey
2 eggs, well beaten
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions

Rinse apricots, cover with water and boil 10 minutes. Drain, cool and snip. Mix softened butter with the 2 Tbsp. honey and 1 cup whole wheat flour, sifted. Pack into bottom of greased 8 inch square pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes. Sift remaining 1/3 cup flour with baking powder and salt. Beat honey into eggs, beating well after each addition. Stir in sifted flour mixture, flavoring, walnuts and chopped apricots. Spread over baked layer. Return to oven and bake 30 minutes more. Cool in pan and cut in squares.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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