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Peanut Butter Oatmeal Squares

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Squares

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These tasty morsels are so simple to make and taste decadent yet still contain wholesome ingredients.

PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL SQUARES

Joanne Iceton
A wholesome delicious bite, even suitable for breakfast!
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Course Dessert, Snack

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g peanut butter preferably smooth
  • 150 g maple syrup/honey or use golden syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • Pinch salt
  • 30 g wholemeal flour
  • 90 g oats
  • 1 tsp. bicarbonate of soda
  • 100 g dark chocolate chopped

Instructions
 

  • Oven 180c.
  • Mix the peanut butter, syrup/honey and vanilla. Beat in the eggs then salt.
  • Add the flour, oats and bicarb to the wet ingredients and mix in well.
  • Stir in 75g of the chopped chocolate then spoon the batter into a greased/silicone 20 x 20cm baking tray. Spread evenly.
  • Bake for 15 - 20 mins. If you wish to have soft set gooey squares, bake for 15 mins, if you would prefer a cake type texture, bake longer but no more than 20 mins.
  • Melt the remaining 25g chopped chocolate in the microwave until just starting to melt (about 30 seconds) then stir. If it needs to melt further, just do this in 10 second bursts. Alternatively, melt in a heatproof bowl set over pan of barely simmering water (bain marie) making sure the chocolate bowl does not touch the water in the pan. Once melted, drizzle over the traybake.
  • Leave to cool in the baking tray.
  • Cut into squares. These treats are best served warm with cream or custard or left to cool to eat on their own.

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Nutritional Benefits:

Oats offer sustainable energy and a source of vitamin E.

Peanut butter is a valuable protein source and also contains heart healthy monounsaturated fats.

This recipe uses less sugars than many treats.

These treats use dark chocolate which contains more of the beneficial cocoa solids. Cocoa solids are full of antioxidant flavonoids which help to ‘mop up’ free radicals in the body. Free radicals cause inflammation, ageing, chronic disease and some cancers.  Cocoa is also a source of phenylethylamine which stimulates the feel good endorphins and may even help to boost serotonin production (low serotonin levels are associated with depression and anxiety).

Spring Bumble Bees

Spring Bumble Bees

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These are so cute as well as moreish and a welcome change from the mounds of chocolate that children may have. Not only are these ‘bumble bees’ nutritious and relatively low in sugars but they can help to keep hunger at bay. Better still, there is no baking or even heating anything up with these little treats so they are an ideal introduction to get kids in the kitchen and take part in a sensory stimulation activity.

Enjoy – Jo x

SPRING BUMBLE BEES

Joanne Iceton
Delicious little morsels, ideal to make with children
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Total Time 20 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dessert, Snack
Servings 8 'Bees'

Equipment

  • Weighing scales
  • mixing bowl
  • teaspoon

Ingredients
  

Bees

  • 100 g smooth peanut butter* you can use any nut butter
  • 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup
  • 1 wheat cereal biscuits crushed

To Decorate

  • 1/2 tsp cocoa
  • flaked/whole almonds you can also use flaked coconut
  • choc chips or use halved raisins

Instructions
 

  • Mix the peanut butter and honey together then stir in the crushed wheat biscuit cereal. It will make a firm ‘dough’.
  • Scoop out teaspoonfuls of the mixture and roll into oval shapes.
  • Dip a teaspoon into water then into the cocoa and press onto the shapes to create the ‘bee stripes’. Alternatively, you can use a toothpick.
  • Add either the coconut or almonds for the ‘wings’ and either raisins or choc chips for eyes.
  • Pop them in the fridge to set (they can be eaten straight away but may be sticky with being handled). They will last a few days in a sealed container in the fridge.

Notes

Optional flavourings:
Add either 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, ground ginger or mixed spice to the peanut butter/cereal mixture before shaping.
 
Allergy Alternatives:
For those who have a peanut allergy, you can use almond or cashew butter, provided the allergy does not include tree nuts. 
Sunflower butter is another alternative, though this can be more difficult to obtain in the UK.

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Nutritional Benefits:

Peanut butter is full of protein, heart healthy monosaturated fatty acids, niacin (important for memory), potassium, bone building magnesium and  soluble fibre.  It also helps keep you satiated meaning you are less likely to reach for snacks. (Look for those with no added sugar or palm oil; the latter is  often sourced from plantations  created through the deforestation of rain forests and at the detriment of many animals and plants .The palm oil used is also often oxidised which has a negative impact on cardiovascular health too).

The whole recipe only contains 1 tbsp. honey (or maple syrup).