Homemade bars. How to make your own protein bars

Muesli bars are considered one of the most popular diet treats. They were initially conceived as medicinal products. The grain delicacy quickly gained fame among people leading healthy image life.

To prepare the bars, cereals are pressed - oats are used most often. It can also act as a base or be mixed with rye, barley or wheat. Many admirers healthy eating prepare a muesli bar at home, adding dried berries, fruits, seeds, and nuts to a self-composed base. To make the treat sweet, you can use molasses, maple syrup or honey. It’s good to add milk or yogurt, nuts, cocoa, chocolate to the bar. Depending on the ingredients chosen for preparation, the calorie content of the product can be 150-400 kcal per 100 g.

Muesli is divided into fried and raw. The latter are more useful, since they are produced using crushed grains treated without oil with ultraviolet light. Fried muesli is obtained by baking with butter at high temperature. Oil adds more calories, but after processing the product will be absorbed much easier.

Calorie table of the most popular components

For those who are going to make muesli bars with their own hands, but do not know anything about it yet, it is recommended to select them in advance suitable recipes and consider the composition of the mixture for the product. Even the choice of muesli must be approached wisely.

Product	Calorie content	Squirrels	Fats	Carbohydrates
Cereals (oat)	305	11.9	7.2	69.3
Walnut	650	15.2	65.2	7
Honey	400	0.8	0	81.5
Raisin	280	2.9	0.6	66
Banana	89	1.5	0.1	21.8

*All data in the table below is based on one hundred grams of product.

Benefit

The popularity of the bars is explained by the fact that they have many advantages. The following can be listed:

good taste;
low calorie content, which you can choose yourself if you prepare dietary muesli bars at home;
does not require special storage conditions;
inexpensive;
nutritious;
Convenient to take on the go.

Healthy food lovers prefer to eat it all for breakfast. The products are delicious and can give you energy for a long time. If you prepare muesli bars at home, you can choose a convenient composition and calorie content for yourself. By making a batch of these bars, you don't have to waste time making breakfast until you run out.

Compound

The preparation for muesli bars is a mixture of several components. It contains everything that the body may need for good functioning - amino acids, vitamins, minerals. Bars differ from cereals consumed for breakfast in that they contain everything beneficial properties cereals are preserved, and when cooking cereals for porridge, a lot of substances are lost.

The bars contain whole grains, which have a beneficial effect on intestinal motility and improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
Grains are a good source of fiber. It significantly improves metabolic processes in the body, helps break down carbohydrates faster and keeps your figure in good shape. The effect of fiber on the process of fat breakdown normalizes cholesterol levels.
A homemade granola bar recipe can include nuts, which contain polyunsaturated fatty acids. They will help improve your health, and with regular use they will even change your appearance for the better.
By including dried fruits, you can enrich the bars with vitamins and minerals.

Digestion of muesli takes quite a long time. They are able to maintain a feeling of fullness and are great as a light snack. Saturation is not accompanied by sugar surges, because the treat contains “fast” and “slow” carbohydrates. The bar can easily replace cookies and candies and reduces cravings for confectionery products.

How to make granola bars at home

First decide on the ingredients. For example, you can use fruit puree instead of butter for the base. Then the product turns out airy, delicate in taste, and very aromatic. When preparing, a recipe with a photo can be quickly found on the Internet. The ingredients must be suitable for your diet. If they do not all coincide with the intended nutritional system, you can change them arbitrarily by checking the calorie content in the table above.

If you do not have strict dietary restrictions or you are preparing the bars simply as a treat, a substitute for store-bought confectionery, the options may vary. The main rule is maintaining proportions. The same recipe can be used in different options, replacing oatmeal with mixtures, seeds with nuts, choosing your favorite dried fruits. The addition of chocolate adds satiety and helps recharge your energy.

Recipe 1: with strawberries

Compound

Oatmeal - 250 g.
Dates, dried apricots - 100 g each.
Raisins, light and dark - 50 g each.
Sesame - 2 tablespoons.
Pumpkin and sunflower seeds (hulled) - 4 tablespoons each.
Honey - 70 g.
Butter - 60 g.
Blackberries - 120 g.
Strawberry - 180 g.
Medium size apple - 1 piece.

Preparation

Choose a deep bowl, place cereals, seeds, sesame seeds, and raisins in it.
Remove the pits from the dates and cut them together with the dried apricots into small pieces.
Combine dried fruits with a mixture of oats and seeds, stir.
Prepare the fruit base - first you need to grind the berries in a blender.
Then pass the mixture from the blender through a sieve.
Grate the apple, combine with berry puree and stir.
Pour the puree into a bowl with the dried fruits and seeds.
Mix the butter in a separate saucepan with honey, put on the fire and heat, stirring, until it becomes syrup.
Pour the syrup into the main mixture and stir until smooth.
Take a baking dish - the ideal size would be 25x25cm or close to that. Line the pan with baking paper and pour in the mixture, trying to compact it tightly. The layer should be as dense as possible, otherwise the bars will crumble.
Place the mixture in the oven. Bake for about an hour at 150 degrees.
Remove the pan from the oven, cool, and pour in pre-melted chocolate. Then put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

Cut the layer into pieces. Ready bars can be stored in the refrigerator.

Recipe 2: dried fruits

Compound

10 g each of prunes, dried apricots, almonds, hazelnuts, cashew nuts, sunflower seeds, dates;
one banana;
sesame - 5 g;
vegetable oil - 40 ml;
sugar - 10 g;
oat flakes - 70 g.

Nutritional value per 100 g

Calorie content - 364 kcal.
Fat - 23.1 grams.
Proteins - 6.5 grams.
Carbohydrates - 34.2 grams.

Preparation

Chop prunes, dried apricots and dates and place in a bowl.
Add oatmeal.
Add chopped nuts, sesame seeds, seeds.
Beat banana with sugar and butter in a blender.
Add the contents of the blender to the cereal, stir with a fork.
Place the mixture on parchment paper and smooth it out.
Place on a baking sheet and dry for 10 minutes in the oven at 170 degrees.

At the end of cooking, remove the baking sheet from the oven, cool it, and cut the mixture into portions.

Reference. Calorie content data is approximate, excluding frying.

Recipe 3: almonds and seeds

Compound

Bananas - 80 grams.
Almonds - 50 grams.
Sunflower seeds - 50 grams.
Apricot kernels - 60 grams.
Bananas - 80 grams.
Sesame - 30 grams.
Dates - 50 grams.
Raisins - 50 grams.
Honey - 40 grams.
Water - 50 grams.

Nutritional value

Calorie content - 345 kcal.
Protein - 10 grams.
Fat - 21 grams.
Carbohydrates - 29 grams.

Preparation

Rinse the dates under running water and place in a blender cup.
Add the required amount of water and grind thoroughly.
Finely chop the apricot kernels and almonds using a large, sharp knife.
Wash the sesame seeds warm water, dry in the oven or in a frying pan.
Chop the raisins with a knife.
Mix everything prepared in a blender bowl.
Mash the banana with a fork, dilute with honey and also place in a blender.
Mix everything well using the same equipment until the mass becomes viscous and fairly homogeneous. There is no need to try to make it completely creamy, otherwise the bars may turn out to be too hard.
Place the mixture on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, pre-greased with butter, ideally Ghee.
Using a spoon, level the mixture, using a knife, divide it into squares, giving the shape to future bars.
Bake in the oven at 90°C for exactly four hours.

During cooking, it is best to open the oven door slightly so that the bars turn out as desired. To do this, you can place something in the gap that does not raise the temperature. Such products should be stored in airtight containers, as they can quickly become damp and lose their crispy consistency.

Recipe 4: apples and pears

Compound

Hercules flakes - 400 grams.
Banana - 1 piece.
Pear (juicy) - 1 piece.
Apple - 1 piece.
Candied fruits - 200 grams.
Dried fruits - to taste.

Nutritional value

Calorie content - 187 kcal.
Protein - 6 grams.
Fat - 3 grams.
Carbohydrates - 44 grams.

Preparation

First wash all prepared dried fruits thoroughly; if desired, they can be soaked in hot water so that they become softer.
Cut dried fruits into small pieces.
Grate the apple and pear on a coarse grater.
Mash the banana with a fork.
Mix all the resulting raw materials, add the required amount of Hercules flakes.
Place on greased parchment paper and then onto a baking sheet.
Bake until done at 180°C.

You can add a couple of pieces of butter on top, and lightly brush with honey for sweetness, but even without this the bars turn out very tasty. Once cooked, cut into portions before they cool.

Recipe 5: with buckwheat sprouts

Compound

Buckwheat seeds (sprouted) - 0.25 cups.
Dried apricots - 0.5 cups.
Oatmeal - 0.25 cups.
Raisins - 0.5 cups.
Prunes - 0.5 cups.

Nutritional value

Calorie content - 258 kcal.
Protein - 6 grams.
Fat - 1 gram.
Carbohydrates - 59 grams.

Preparation

Soak buckwheat (not fried, it is also called green) for half a day in warm water.
After this, drain the water, place the replacement on damp gauze, cover with a second layer, and germinate on the windowsill for another day and a half.
Soak raisins, prunes, and dried apricots in warm water for thirty minutes, after rinsing them.
Chop all the dried fruits with a knife into small cubes.
Mix all ingredients together.
Place on greased parchment or a special air fryer stand. It is good if the oven has a convection fan.
Bake at 90°C for one and a half hours.
Turn over and bake for exactly the same amount of time.

Remove the baking sheet and cut the bars before they cool. Store in a container in a cool, dry place.

Video recipe for granola bars

How to replace sweets for children? Healthy bars made from nuts and dried fruits! And below I’ll tell you how to make your own dried fruit bars with oatmeal! This is a very simple bar recipe, believe me!

What you will need to make granola bars at home:
1 banana
1 cup oatmeal
Any nuts and dried fruits in approximately equal proportions. I had a little bit of everything! For example, you will have 400 grams of different nuts and 400 grams of different dried fruits. +- doesn’t matter) I actually took it all by eye, it turned out to be a handful of everything that is in the photo + a small handful of sesame seeds.

I have: hazelnuts, pecans, raisins, dates, dried apricots, prunes. The latter gives dark color bars.

How to do healthy bars recipe:
Soak dried fruits in boiling water in advance to rinse. Dry.

Peel the nuts.

If you want beautiful bars like those on sale, then cut everything into pieces. My children will not eat nuts, etc., in pieces, either whole or finely, so I ground them finely in a blender. First, carefully check your blender, I have a powerful Redmond (like this one), it can easily cope with any nuts in half a minute.

So, put the nuts in the blender while it is dry. We take it out. Grind dried fruits.

Then add banana. I had as much as I could fit into a small blender bowl, the children gobbled up the rest, so there was enough for a whole baking sheet.

When everything has been ground, mix in the sesame seeds and oatmeal. I have a recipe for granola bars without honey!!! If you want, you can add a spoon, I didn’t add it, because I had banana and prunes as a bunch, it’s terribly sweet and sticky.

You can bake in short silicone molds. Before baking, I advise you to cut it with a knife, then all that remains is to break it up.

Place in the oven to dry on low (70 degrees) for 40 minutes. Remove and cut. Store at room temperature, they can sit in a vase for 2-3 weeks if they don’t eat it quickly)

Delicious DIY dried fruit and nut bars are ready!!!

Where can you get quality farm products in St. Petersburg?
I have been buying dried fruits from the Solnechnaya Gorka farm for a long time. (You can order on the Solnechnaya Gorka website, and using the code word TEDDY (enter in the “Coupon Code” field when placing an order over 1,500 rubles) a 10% discount!)

From their dried fruits I once made my own sweets () and filling for puff pastries in 5 minutes (). All my recipes are from farm products

House in a multi-baker)))

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Find top-notch, tried and tested puff pastry recipes on the most creative food site. Prepare options from different cereals, puffed rice, a variety of seeds and nuts. Add dried berries, fruits, cocoa or chocolate. Combine ingredients with love and limitless imagination!

Crispy, incredibly flavorful bars can and should be prepared at home. This delicacy is not only healthy, but also very easy to prepare. The bars are usually based on oatmeal or rice flakes, muesli, or puffed rice. You can experiment with sprouted buckwheat or wheat. Nuts, dried berries (cherries, cranberries, goji, etc.), fruits, candied fruits, all kinds of seeds can be in any quantity and any combination based on the imagination, tastes and preferences of the cook. You can use maple syrup or agave syrup along with honey.

The five most commonly used ingredients in bar recipes are:

Interesting recipe:
1. Place oatmeal in a deep container.
2. Wash and dry dried fruits. Finely chop.
3. Lightly chop the nuts with a knife.
4. Mix all dry ingredients.
5. Heat the honey until liquid state(do not boil!).
6. Add butter and vanilla to honey. Stir until smooth.
7. Combine the dry mass with honey.
8. Knead thoroughly.
9. Line a baking pan with greased parchment.
10. Lay out the mass, distribute evenly, compact. The layer must be at least 2 centimeters.
11. Bake at 180° until beautifully golden brown.
12. Remove from the oven. Cut into strips.
13. Serve with tea, milk, yogurt.

Five of the fastest bar recipes:

Helpful Tips:
. If you blend raisins, prunes, dried apricots and dates with a blender rather than cutting them with a knife, the bars will be more elastic and will not crumble after baking.
. The bars can be formed immediately before baking.
. When preparing the bars, you can butter replace with olive or any vegetable.

Who among us hasn’t bought the notorious muesli bars at least once? It would seem that there is nothing special about them, but sometimes the hand itself reaches out to the treasured shelf. It’s convenient: it looks like it’s delicious for tea (we convince ourselves that it’s healthy: “these are not chocolate rolls”:), and it’s a good snack, and you can do it on the run.

But 99% of the ingredients in store-bought muesli bars are not the healthiest. As a rule, there is a lot of sugar (or its chemical substitutes), dangerous trans fats (aka hydrogenated/confectionery fats), preservatives and junk food. The abundance of promised nuts cannot be found there; grains are all over the place. But there is definitely enough sweetness there, sugar/ molasses decides. Now these store-bought bars seem unbearably sweet to me!

So one day the idea of making muesli bars at home was born. Real, with a “pure” composition and an abundance of your favorite nuts. Truly a healthy snack! They are also great for storing (you can wrap them in paper or simply put them in a container) and are convenient to take with you. Back in lately I love having this bar with coffee for breakfast. They perfectly satisfy hunger (of course, both cereal and nuts are a source of healthy fats and protein) and contain enough coarse fiber.

There are also a lot of calories, but this does not detract from their dignity! Here, rather, it all depends on how much you eat. I think that proper breakfast or a snack should be like that.

Making granola bars at home is very simple. From these ingredients I get a batch that lasts for a week (if no one helps destroy them :).

Homemade granola bars: recipe

Ingredients:

oat flakes* (preferably long-cooked) – 170-200 g;
oat bran – 1 tbsp;
dried fruits (dates/raisins/prunes/dried apricots) – 100 g;
nuts, seeds (any) – 80 g;
flax seeds – 1-2 tbsp;
sesame seeds – 1-2 tbsp;
banana (very ripe) – 1 piece;
peanut butter (I recommend using ** ) – 1 tbsp;
honey (optional), or sugar (if additional sweetness is needed) - 1 tbsp;
– 2-3 tbsp;
cinnamon – ½ tsp;
salt - a pinch.

* You can also use other cereals, mixing them in any proportion to suit your taste: wheat, barley, buckwheat, etc.

** What is hydrogenated oil?

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Line a baking tray with baking paper, spread the flakes in an even layer and place them in the oven to dry for 20-25 minutes; they should become golden brown. (You can skip this step, but I advise you not to be lazy: this will make the bars crispier and more beautiful in color)

Wash dried fruits and soak for 15-20 minutes.

Chop half the nuts with a knife (not too finely).

Place the other half of the nuts, dried fruits, peanut butter, honey (if using) into a blender bowl and pulse several times.

Mash the banana until puree.

Place oatmeal and bran, nuts, crushed mixture from a blender, flax and sesame seeds, banana puree, coconut oil, cinnamon and a pinch of salt into a deep bowl.

Mix the mixture thoroughly and let stand for 5-10 minutes for the flakes to swell. The mass should be sticky, but not very wet. If the mixture is a little dry, add a little water (you can use honey or a couple of tablespoons of oil). If it’s the other way around, add another 1-2 tablespoons of bran.

Transfer the mixture to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper (or a silicone mold) and press tightly. Bake for 40-50 minutes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.

Remove from the mold, cool and cut the layer into small bars. Once completely cooled, they will be denser and crispier.

Do not throw all the nuts and seeds into the blender bowl at the same time (especially dark-colored ones, for example, black sesame and flax seeds - it is better not to grind them at all), this may color the mixture. gray, and your bars will look unsightly.

By baking the granola bars for a little less time (~30 minutes), their consistency will be a little less dense (more like a little chewy). If you keep them in the oven for 45-50 minutes they will be drier and crispier. In any case, the result can be judged when the muesli has completely cooled and “set.”

By the way, keep in mind that the density of the bars depends largely on the “gluing” ingredients. Don't add too much water, and don't add too much mashed banana. Honey/syrups and nut butters will help to better “glue” the mass for future bars.

Experiment with spices: cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, vanilla Salty or sweet - it's up to you too!

Do you want to cook a lot for future use? Easily! The bars can be stored in freezer up to 2-3 months in a tightly closed container (I recommend placing a layer of parchment between each bar so that they do not stick together).

There’s no need to talk about what muesli bars are; everyone knows about the quick, nutritious snacks that are sold in every grocery store. Sometimes muesli bars are called protein bars or granola bars, and there are dozens of varieties. What is the secret of the popularity of muesli? The fact is that one small bar contains a lot of calories, which allows you to quickly “recharge”. Muesli bars are healthy carbohydrates and fats in the form of oatmeal and other cereal flakes, nuts and seeds, dried fruits and honey. However, if you have already chosen this type of healthy snack, do you need to explain anything? You already know everything!

However, why don't you cook them yourself? It's elementary - granola bars at home! The recipe is from the “easy as pie” series.

The recipe for muesli bars has a twist: the base is not butter, but fruit puree. Thanks to this, the bars are more tender and flavorful. Everything else is variations: you can replace seeds with nuts, oatmeal with arbitrary mixtures, and select dried fruits to taste. The chocolate in the recipe will add satiety to the muesli bars and also energize good mood, but you should only use dark dark chocolate. And the most important thing is to maintain proportions!

Preparation time: 75 minutes / Yield: 16 bars

Ingredients

oat flakes 250 g
dried apricots 100 g
dates 100 g
dark raisins 50 g
light raisins 50 g
sunflower seeds, peeled 4 tbsp. l. no slide
peeled pumpkin seeds 4 tbsp. l. no slide
sesame 2 tbsp. spoons without a slide
strawberries 180 g
blackberries 120 g
apple 1 pc.
black chocolate 80 g
honey 70 g
butter 60 g

Preparation

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Prepare the necessary ingredients.

Pour oatmeal into a deep bowl. Add to them sunflower and pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, as well as both types of raisins.

Cut the dried apricots and dates into small pieces, removing the seeds.

Add the dried fruits to the oat mixture and stir.

Now start preparing the fruit base. To do this, grind blackberries and strawberries in a blender.

Rub the resulting mass through a sieve.

Grate the apple on a fine grater.

Add the grated apple to the berry puree and stir.

Pour the fruit puree into the cereal, seeds and dried fruit mixture.

Now mix honey and oil in a small saucepan.

Heat the mixture until the butter melts and mixes with honey into a smooth syrup. Pour this syrup into the main mixture.

Mix the mixture thoroughly until smooth.

Distribute the mass in a mold measuring 25*25 cm or a rectangular corresponding area. Tamp down well so that the layer is dense. If you don't do this, the bars will crumble.

Bake the mixture at 150 degrees for 60 minutes.
When the mixture is ready, cool it, then pour melted chocolate over it and put it in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.

Cut the layer into strips and store the granola bars in the refrigerator.