Monday, March 5, 2012

Homemade Protein Bars

This is a very general recipe, I've given the best approximations I can, but its just something my husband has perfected over the years.  The main few ingredients are the same, but there is lots of room for variation.
Here is the basic recipe:
1 28 oz jar crunchy peanut butter
9 scoops protein powder (any flavor, we like chocolate or toffee)
1 cup raisins
1 cup nuts
2 Tbsp honey
~1/4ish  water


~we also stir in various other dried fruits that we have on hand, cherries, blueberries, apricots, dried cranberries.
~we like pecans and walnuts, but really you can add any type of nut you like
~sometimes we will stir in M&M's because they are yummy.
~you can add oatmeal too if you want, but then add a little more water too

Pour everything into a large bowl, mix well, adding water till you reach a "thick cookie dough" consistency, you don''t want any visible powder. Then scoop into sandwich bags and store in the freezer till you want to eat.  We usually do about 1/2c size bars, but you can change the size for your family.  They are a little easier to eat when they have thawed out just a bit.  



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