HIKER BARS

Servings: 1
Ingredients:

1/2 C  Peanut butter, chunky           1 1/3 C  Flour, white
1/3 C  Butter                              4 C  Kellogg's Special K
2 md Bananas, (mashed)                        -cereal (crushed)
1/2 C  Molasses                            1 t  Baking powder
1 C  Sugar                             1/4 t  Baking soda
2 t  Vanilla                           1/2 t  Salt
4    Eggs                                6 oz Chocolate chips
1 t  Cinnamon                            1 C  Peanuts, salted (chopped)
1/4 t  Ginger                              8 oz Dates, chopped (or fewer)
2/3 C  Flour, whole-wheat

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Then by hand: In a large bowl cream
together peanut butter and butter. Mix in bananas, molasses, sugar and
vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg.

Stir in the cereal. Sift together dry ingredients and mix into batter. Add
chips, peanuts and dates. Pour batter into greased 9 x 13 pan. Bake in
preheated 350 degree F. oven for 35 to 45 minutes. Cut into bars.

NOTES:

* Caloric, filling and tasty bars for the trail — These bars give a
flavorful and filling treat along the trail. The recipe came from Ben
Branch of ATandT Bell Labs at Columbus (cbdkc1!blb). Servings: 24 to 48 bars.

* If by food processor: Servings: Cream butters in processor. Add cut-up
bananas and blend..

* Add molasses, sugar, vanilla. Blend. Add eggs. Blend.

* Pour batter into large bowl and stir in sifted dry ingredients. Stir in
other ingredients, one at a time. Continue as above.

: Difficulty: easy to moderate.
: Time: 1/2 to 1 hour work; 1 hour waiting.
: Precision: approximate measurement OK.

: John Daleske
: ATandT Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
: {ihnp4,cbosgd,desoto}!cbdkc1!daleske

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