Best Big Sur High Power Bars Recipes

BIG SUR COOLER

Steps:

• Fill a highball glass with ice cubes. Pour amaretto and blue Curacao over ice cubes. Top with chilled white cranberry juice and stir. Serve garnished with mint.

BIG SUR POWER BAR RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a baking pan with the coconut oil. If you like thick power bars, opt for an 8 by 8-inch pan; for thinner bars, use a 9 by 13-inch pan.
• On a rimmed baking sheet toast the pecans, almonds, and coconut for about 7 minutes, or until the coconut is deeply golden. Toss once or twice along the way. Mix the oats, toasted nuts, coconut, and the cereal, together in a large bowl and set aside.
• Combine the rice syrup, sugar, salt, espresso, and vanilla in a small saucepan over medium heat and stir constantly as it comes to a boil and thickens just a bit, about 4 minutes. Pour the syrup over the oat mixture and stir until it is evenly incorporated.
• Spread into the prepared pan and cool to room temperature before cutting into whatever size bars you desire.

CHERRY POWER BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Put butter and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed 3 to 4 minutes, or until well mixed.
• Combine flour, oats, baking soda and salt.
• Add flour mixture to sugar mixture and beat on low speed until crumbly.
• Spread 2/3 of the oat mixture into the bottom of an ungreased 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
• Press down to make a firm layer.
• Put cherry pie filling in an electric blender or food processor and purée until smooth.
• Pour cherry purée into a medium saucepan.
• Combine granulated sugar and cornstarch and stir into cherry purée.
• Cook, stirring constantly, over low heat until mixture is thick and bubbly.
• Stir in almond extract.
• Pour cherry mixture over oat layer and spread evenly.
• Top with remaining oat mixture.
• Bake 30- 35 minutes or until golden brown.
• Let cool and cut into bars.

ULTIMATE POWER BAR

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine first eleven ingredients.
• Stir in peanut butter, honey and melted butter.
• Press mixture firmly into foil-lined 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven; sprinkle chocolate chips over bars.
• Return to oven until chocolate is softened (about 2 minutes).
• Spread chocolate evenly over bars. Cool slightly.
• Refrigerate until firm (about 2 hours)
• Cut into bars; wrap individually; store in refrigerator.

POWER BARS (AKA TASTY PROTEIN NUGGETS)

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
• Whisk tofu until smooth in a small bowl.
• Add juice, sugar, eggs and peanut butter one at a time, mixing well.
• Pour tofu mix over dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
• Fold in fruit and nuts.
• Line a 9x13 pan with parchment paper and spray with canola oil non-stick spray.
• Spread batter in pan.
• Bake at 350F for approximately 35 minute.
• Cool completely before cutting.

HOMEMADE POWER BARS

Steps:

• Line the bottom of a 13 by 9-inch glass baking dish with parchment paper and lightly coat with canola oil. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the protein powder, oat bran, wheat flour, wheat germ, and salt. Set aside.
• Coarsely chop the dried fruit and place in a small bowl and set aside.
• In a third mixing bowl, whisk the tofu until smooth. Add the apple juice, brown sugar, eggs, and peanut butter, 1 at a time, and whisk to combine after each addition. Add this to the protein powder mixture and stir well to combine. Fold in the dried fruit.
• Spread evenly in the prepared baking dish and bake in the oven for 35 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 205 degrees F.
• Remove from the oven and cool completely before cutting into squares. Cut into squares and store in an airtight container for up to a week.
• Enjoy!