homemade protein bars

You can try this one...Basic recipe; modify for your own needs.

No Bake Protein Bar

5 tbsp natural peanut butter / almond butter (chunky or smooth)
½ cup dry oat meal or whole grain hot cereal (uncooked)
½ cup oat flour (double the dry oats if you do not have oat flour)
6 scoops chocolate whey protein (approximately 132 grams worth of low-carb protein powder)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons flax seeds (optional)
1 cup non-fat dry milk
1/2 cup water (depending on what type of protein you use, you may need to add more)

Modifications:
1. Use vanilla protein and replace ~1/4 cup of the oat flour with a variety of nuts, seeds, or dried berries.
2. Use PB2 in place of the regular peanut butter.


PREPARATION:

Spray an 8x8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Combine dry ingredients in a medium size bowl and mix well. Add peanut butter and mix - the mixture will be crumbly and dry. Add water & vanilla. Using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, mix everything until a dough forms. The dough will be sticky. Spread dough into pan using a clean wooden spoon or spatula that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Refrigerate a few hours (or freeze for an hour) and cut into 9 squares. Wrap bars individually (use sandwich bags or plastic wrap) or store in covered container between sheets of wax paper.

Nutritional Information Per Serving:

197 calories, 21 g protein, 7.2 g fat (8% saturated), 13.7 g carbohydrate, 1.6 g fiber

Here is the nutritional info for the protein brownies:

Amount Per Serving
Calories 90.4
Total Fat 4.0 g
Saturated Fat 0.7 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.7 g
Monounsaturated Fat 2.1 g
Cholesterol 15.0 mg
Sodium 109.4 mg
Potassium 223.5 mg
Total Carbohydrate 6.6 g
Dietary Fiber 0.9 g
Sugars 3.5 g
Protein 11.5 g
Vitamin A 6.3 %
Vitamin B-12 0.0 %
Vitamin B-6 1.4 %
Vitamin C 2.2 %
Vitamin D 0.0 %
Vitamin E 5.6 %
Calcium 6.0 %
Copper 6.7 %
Folate 2.1 %
Iron 3.5 %
Magnesium 8.7 %
Manganese 10.5 %
Niacin 1.5 %
Pantothenic Acid 0.5 %
Phosphorus 7.7 %
Riboflavin 2.7 %
Selenium 0.3 %
Thiamin 1.3 %
Zinc 2.2 %

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Bump! I want to make some protein bars soon and this looks very useful!

Saving - I'd like to try some of these.

I love the cooking show Good Eats. Recently I saw an episode on making your own energy/protein bars.

Here is the episode you can watch for free on hulu.com

http://www.hulu.com/watch/231552/good-eats-power-trip

and here is the link to the written recipe on food network

http://www.foodnetwork.com/good-eats/power-trip/index.html

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