Tropical granola bars

50g reduced-fat spread

2 x 15ml spoon honey

100g sugar

150g oats

1x 5ml spoon cinnamon

40g pumpkin seeds

40g desiccated coconut

75g tropical dried fruit e.g. mango or pineapple

Baking tin, weighing scales, measuring spoons, saucepan, heat-resistant spoon, spatula, palette knife.

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C or gas mark 4.
2. Grease or line a baking tin. 
3. Place the recued-fat spread, sugar and honey into a saucepan and gently heat until the spread has melted.
4. Stir in all the other ingredients.
5. Pour the mixture into a non-stick (or lined) baking tin.
6. Pat down the mixture in the baking tin.
7. Bake for 20 minutes, until lightly browned.
8. Remove from the oven and cut into ‘bars’ in the baking tin while hot.

• Turn up the flavour: Add 1 x 5ml spoon ginger or mixed spice to the oat mixture instead of cinnamon.
• Reduce food waste: Use up any leftover fruit such as sultanas, apple, banana or mango. 
• Vary your protein: You could add a few chopped nuts- Be ingredient aware!
• Food skills: Check out our food skills videos to help understand the key skills used in this recipe. 

Be ingredient aware!

Check for any food allergy, intolerance, special dietary requirement or religious/cultural reasons for not handling or eating the ingredients in this recipe. 

You may need to modify the recipe accordingly. For example, for those following a vegan diet will need a dairy alternative. Always check food labels for allergens, and suitability for vegetarians and vegans.

For full guidance and up-to-date information on the 14 allergens, please visit the Food Standards Agency (FSA) website. 
  

Nutritional information

This recipe makes 8 portions based on portion size guidance for 11-18 year olds , if serving to younger children then they may require a smaller portion and if serving to adults, they may require a bit more. 

Why not use the Explore Food calculator, the British Nutrition Foundation's free online nutritional analysis programme, to calculate the nutritional information for other recipes?