Banana Booster Bar
- Preparation Time5-10 mins
- Cooking Time 35 mins +
- Source River Cottage
"These jam-packed near relatives of the flapjack are my antidote to the devil's work - those big-brand 'energy' bars that fester among the chocolate on every motorway service-station counter masquerading as a late breakfast."
- 125 Gram unsalted butter
- 150 Gram brown sugar (or light muscavado sugar)
- 1 banana (medium size, ripe, mashed)
- 75 Gram honey (runny) (plus extra for drizzling)
- 1 orange zest
- 1 lemon zest
- 200 Gram porridge oats
- 150 Gram dried fruit
- 150 Gram mixed seeds (eg pumpkin, sunflower, poppy, linseed, sesame)
- Pre heat oven to 160 degrees Celsius. Grease 20cm square baking tin.
- Melt butter, sugar, honey and zests over very low heat in a saucepan. Stir occasionally.
- Stir in oats, fruit, banana, and 3/4 of the seeds till combined. Spread out in tin, smooth the top as you go.
- Scatter remaining seeds over the top and drizzle with a little honey. Place in oven and bake 35-45 minutes, until golden in centre.
- Cool completely in tin, turnout and cut into squares.
- Keeps 5-7 days in an airtight container.
- NB: From reviews I've read on Hugh's website many people have said that they had to cook it longer than his recommended 30 mins - I cooked mine 45 minutes and still wasn't golden in the centre. Also many people said they are quite crumbly, but found that setting in the fridge instead helped.
- Variation: instead of 1 banana replace with 125g crunchy peanut butter and melt with butter and sugar etc in saucepan
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I find slightly less sweet dried fruit, eg cranberries go well as it is quite sweet!