Wholewheat, oats and fig bars
A healthy and delicious snack bar with a short wholewheat and oats crust and fig and nut filling.
Ingredients
For the crust-
- 3 C of whole wheat flour
- 1 C porridge oats
- 4 tblsp dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 6 tblsp plain yogurt
- ¾ C olive oil
- a few drops of vanilla essence
- 1 tsp salt
For the filling-
- 300 gms of dried figs, soaked in hot water for an hour
- a handful of chopped nuts of choice
Instructions
- Make a thick puree of the figs in a food processor with a few tbsp of water.
- Add the nuts and mix in. Keep aside.
- Whisk together the flour, oats, soda and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk together the yogurt, sugar, oil and vanilla.
- Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and pour in the yogurt mixture.
- Mix with the fingertips till everything comes together.
- Cover the bowl with a lid or plastic wrap and chill for at least an hour.
- Pre heat the oven at 180 deg C and line a baking tray.
- Divide the dough into 18 portions and shape each into a ball.
- Place each ball on a flat surface and pat them out into a circular shape of about 2mm in thickness (doesn't matter if the edges are uneven).
- Spread a portion of the figgy mixture, leaving a space of about 1/2 cm around the edges.
- Lift one end and bring it to the middle; lift the other end and overlap the first to form a roll.Tuck the edges and seal by pinching the edges. Repeat for all the rest of the dough.
- Place them a little apart on the lined baking tray and bake in the centre of the pre heated oven for 18-20 minutes or till lightly browned on top ( the tops will also crack).
- Leave in the tray for a couple of minutes and transfer to a rack to cool completely before storing.