Sunshine Bars

Photo: flickr user UggBoy ( have fun doing it )

Ingredients

1 cup Orange juice

1 cup Dried apricots loosely packed

cup Honey

cup Oil

cup Rolled oats

1 cup Whole wheat flour

cup Wheat germ

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

teaspoon Salt

1 cup Raisins partly cut up

cup Toasted almond meal

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350F. Heat orange juice to a boil. Put dried apricots in pan, bring to boil again and turn off heat. Cover pan and let apricots absorb juice until tender enough to cut with sharp knife, but not really soft. Mix honey and oil. Stir oats, flour, wheat germ, cinnamon and salt together. Drain apricots and add juice to honey-oil mixture. Chop apricots coarsely and

Cookies made with honey brown quickly. Allow to cool completely before cutting.

Makes about 2 dozen largesquares.

Carol Flinders, and Brian Ruppenthal