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Here are the results of my plea for Power Bar recipes.  I received 5
responses.

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Two people reminded me about the list of backpacking food posted by Jeff
Golden on the WWW at:
       http://rdz.stjohns.edu/library/medic/celiac/backpack.html
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One person said, "We carry dried apricots and small boiled red potatoes for
bike ride snacks. We also like Ener-G Foods granola bars (no connection to
company), but haven't carried them on our bike trips."
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Another person wrote, "It is nice to take bananas along on a ride, but they
get mushy after a while.  I also take Healthy Valley crispy rice bars - they
come 4 to a box.  No high tech food for this biker - have to rely on the old
standbys!!!"
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I received one recipe.  Thanks, Cathy!

        Chewy Bars

        1 1/3 cups honey
        3/4 cup sugar
        3 tablespoons butter
        4 cups gf flour mix (Betty Hagman's)
        1 teaspoon baking powder
        1/2 teaspoon baking soda
        1/2 cup blanched almonds
        1/4 cup chopped, candied cherries
        1/4 cup chopped, candied orange peel
        1/4 teaspoon ginger
        1/2 teaspoon cardamon
        2 teaspoons cinnamon
        1/8 teaspoon cloves

In a large saucepan, heat the honey, sugar and butter until butter is
melted. Combine 2 cups flour, baking powder, soda and spices in a bowl
and mix well. Add this to the melted mixture and stir well. Mix in the
candied fruits and almonds. Add the last 2 cups of flour and mix well.
This mixture will be sticky and is enough for one 8 by 8 inch pan plus
one 10 1/2 by 15 1/2 inch cake pan. Smear the dough into the pans and
bake about 25 minutes in a preheated oven. Cut into squares and let it
cool. Th bars will be hard. Allow them to age 1 week in an air tight
container. The bars will soften and become chewy, and the flavors will
blend. ( the recipe does not say to grease the pans)
You could probably add chocolate chips to these bars as well.

This recipe was taken out of a regular cookbook so you may have to play
around with the amount of flour.

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Thanks for the replies.  I'm hoping to have time this weekend to try out this
recipe and do some experimenting to see if I can reduce the amount of sugar and
honey and still have it come out.  Do any of you have recipes for some kind of
fruit sweetened power bar?  I like to cook with date sugar, fruit puree and
juice concentrate.

Joan Van Loozenoord
Denver, Colorado
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