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Superfood Energy Bars

These superfood energy bars will keep you going for hours! Packed with oats, seeds and dried fruit and bound together with our Filippo Berio Mild & Light Olive Oil, these are both tasty and nutritious.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 35 mins
10 people

Used in this recipe

Ingredients

10 Pitted Dates
1 Orange
125g Jumbo Oats
50 Goji Berries
50g Dried Cranberries
40g Pumpkin Seeds
2 Tbsp Flax seeds
2 Tbsp Cacao Nibs (or Dark chocolate chips)
5 Tbsp Filippo Berio Mild & Light Olive Oil

Method

Preheat oven to 170°C/338°F.
Place your pitted dates into a pan on a high heat. Add the zest and juice of 1 orange, and a small cup of water to loosen everything.
Cook the dates until they are very soft, and then mash them up with a fork. Remove from the heat and put the orange-date mixture in a big bowl.
Add your oats, goji berries, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, cacao nibs and 4 tablespoons of Filippo Berio Mild & Light Olive Oil. Mix everything together.
Take a baking tray and grease the edges with Filippo Berio Mild & Light Olive Oil. Spoon your mixture into the tray, and smooth it out. Grate the zest of half and orange over the top, and place in the oven for 35 minutes, or until the top is golden.
When ready, remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
You can substitute your dried cranberries with other dried fruits like apricots!
Once cooled, slice it up into bars and store in an airtight container and keep in the cupboard. Best eaten with 10 days.

Mild & Light In Colour Olive Oil

From £10.99

This Olive Oil is a healthy substitute for other cooking oils. With its high smoke point it is the ideal choice for frying, stir-frying and baking. The light bouquet allows the natural flavour of food to come through.