Fresh Take Fruitcake Bars Recipe

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Enjoy life's cookies for everyoneThese are made in a slightly unusual way, but the result is a moist and rich cookie bar.

  • Yield: 2 dozen

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups (355 ml) water
  • 1 cup (120 g) grated carrots
  • 1 cup (165 g) packed sulfite-free raisins or chopped prunes
  • ¾ cup (255 g) honey
  • 2 tablespoons (30 ml) vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon (2.3 g) ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon (6 g) salt
  • ½ teaspoon (1.1 g) ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon (0.5 g) ground cloves
  • 1 cup (125 g) Bob’s Red Mill brown rice or sorghum flour
  • ½ cup (60 g) Bob’s Red Mill tapioca flour
  • 1 teaspoon (4.6 g) baking soda
  • ½ cup (50 g) rice bran
  • ½ cup (56 g) flax meal
  • 1 cup (150 g) Enjoy Life Not Nuts! Mountain Mambo trail mix
How to Make It
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C, or gas mark 4).
  2. In a saucepan, combine water, carrots, raisins, honey, oil, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. Cook over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes, or until carrots are soft. Let cool slightly
  3. In a large bowl, combine flours, baking soda, rice bran, and fl ax. Add carrot mixture to flour mixture and stir until well combined. Stir in trail mix.
  4. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13-inch (23 x 33-cm) baking pan.
  5. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until firm in the center. Let cool and cut into bars.
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