Healthy Hermit Bars
From jo_jo_ba 11 years ago
- 1 hour to make
- Serves 12
Hermit bars are basically an old fashioned spice cookie baked into a soft, chewy bar filled with raisins and nuts. They're said to date back to the late 1800s when the wives of New England sailors would make these for their husbands to take out to sea because they traveled so well. Read more These are made with 100% whole grains, Omega rich almonds and walnuts, and magnesium rich molasses and Demerara sugar. See less
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp ground flax seed shopping list
- 1/3 cup hot coffee shopping list
- 2 tbsp soft coconut oil shopping list
- 2 tbsp demerara sugar shopping list
- 1/4 tsp sea salt shopping list
- 1/4 cup fancy molasses shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 1 cup whole wheat flour shopping list
- 2 tbsp cornstarch shopping list
- 1/2 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1 tsp cinnamon shopping list
- 1/4 tsp cloves shopping list
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg shopping list
- 1/4 tsp allspice shopping list
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger shopping list
- 1/4 tsp ground cardamom shopping list
- 1/3 cup raisins, soaked in hot water and drained shopping list
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts shopping list
- 1/3 cup chopped almonds shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 350F and line a 9" pan with parchment.
- Whisk together the flaxseed and coffee in a small bowl. Let stand 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl beat together oil, sugar, salt and molasses until well combined.
- Add vanilla and the flax mixture and beat in well.
- Stir in the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, ginger and cardamom until well combined.
- Fold in the raisins and nuts.
- Spread in the pan and bake for 15-20 minutes (I usually do 18).
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