Recipe for "hiker-bars"

NAME

     HIKER-BARS - 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 AT&T Bell Labs at
     Columbus (cbdkc1!blb).

INGREDIENTS (24 to 48 bars)

     125 g     chunky peanut butter
     80 g      butter
     2         medium bananas, (mashed)
     125 ml    molasses
     200 g     sugar
     10 ml     vanilla
     4         eggs
     5 ml      cinnamon
     1 ml      ginger
     75 g      whole wheat flour
     125 g     white flour
     150 g     Kellogg's Special K cereal (crushed)
     5 ml      baking powder
     1 ml      baking soda
     2.5 ml    salt
     180 g     chocolate chips
     150 g     salted peanuts (chopped)
     200 g     dates (chopped)

PROCEDURE By hand

          (1)  Preheat oven to 175 deg. C.  In a large bowl cream
               together peanut butter and butter. Mix in bananas,
               molasses, sugar, and vanilla.
          (2)  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well  after  each
               egg.
          (3)  Stir in the cereal.  Sift together dry ingredients
               and  mix  into  batter.   Add  chips, peanuts, and
               dates.
          (4)  Pour batter into greased 20x30 pan.
          (5)  Bake in preheated 175 deg. C oven  for  35  to  45
               minutes. Cut into bars.

PROCEDURE With food processor

          (1)  Cream butters in processor.   Add  cut-up  bananas
               and blend.
          (2)  Add molasses, sugar, vanilla.  Blend.
          (3)  Add eggs.  Blend.
          (4)  Pour batter into large bowl and stir in sifted dry
               ingredients.
          (5)  Stir in other ingredients, one at  a  time.   Con-
               tinue with step 4, above.

RATING

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

CONTRIBUTOR

     John Daleske
     AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
     {ihnp4,cbosgd,desoto}!cbdkc1!daleske