{"id":1588184,"date":"2018-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/?p=1588184"},"modified":"2020-09-10T23:32:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T03:32:16","slug":"recipe-prune-energy-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/recipe-prune-energy-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Prune Energy Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These energy bars are delicious and a quick source of energy.\u00a0 They also make a tasty afternoon snack.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/recipe-delicious-prune-power-balls\/\">prunes<\/a> add a touch of chewy sweetness to the energy bars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make 12 bars<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"ingredients\">Ingredients:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup (250mL) Californian Prunes, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 \u00bc cups (550 mL) whole wheat flour<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd cups (375 mL) old fashioned rolled oats<\/li>\n<li>4 Tbsp. (60 mL) sunflower seeds<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp. (2.5 mL) salt<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup (175 mL)\u00a0 butter<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup (125 mL) dark brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 Tbsp. (30 mL) maple syrup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"instructions\">Instructions:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Pre-heat the oven to 375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C). Grease and line the bottom of a 9 in. (23 cm) square cake pan with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>Place the California Prunes in a food processor or blender with 2 Tbsp. (30 mL) water. Process until pureed. Set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium mixing bowl combine flour, oats, sunflower seeds and salt.<\/li>\n<li>In a saucepan, over low heat, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar and syrup.<\/li>\n<li>Pour butter mixture into mixing bowl with dry ingredients and stir until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Press half of the mixture into the bottom of the cake pan.<\/li>\n<li>Spoon prune pur\u00e9e, carefully spreading it over oat mixture with a knife until the base is completely covered. Cover prune layer with remaining oat mixture.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden on top.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool for 5 minutes, then cut into 12 squares, with a sharp knife. Continue cooling in pan, before removing. They can keep in an airtight container for a week.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>*Recipe Courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.californiaprunes.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Prunes<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">These energy bars are delicious and a quick source of energy.\u00a0 They also make a tasty afternoon snack.\u00a0 The prunes add a touch of chewy sweetness to the energy bars.&hellip;<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/recipe-prune-energy-bars\/\" class=\"button button-primary button-effect\"><span>View Post<\/span><span><i class=\"cs-icon cs-icon-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1601705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5757,5756,3662,973,5563,245],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1588184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-food","8":"tag-energy-bar-recipes","9":"tag-energy-bars","10":"tag-prune","11":"tag-prunes","12":"tag-snack-recipes","13":"tag-snacks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1588184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1601707,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588184\/revisions\/1601707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1601705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1588184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1588184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1588184"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=1588184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}