Granola bars: Bake 200 g of oats with banana, apple, and honey

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1. Prepare the pan

   Preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F), conventional (top and bottom heat). Line a 20 × 20 cm square baking pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides so you can easily lift out the baked slab.

2. Mix the dry ingredients

   5 min

   In a bowl, stir together the rolled oats, sunflower and pumpkin seeds, finely chopped apricots, cinnamon, and salt.

3. Prepare the banana and apple

   5 min

   Mash the banana with a fork and finely grate the unpeeled apple. Mix them with the egg, honey, and melted, slightly cooled butter.

4. Press into the pan

   5 min

   Pour the wet mixture into the oats and stir until all the oats are moistened. Transfer the mixture to the pan and press it into an even layer about 2 cm thick, pressing firmly into the corners as well.

5. Bake

   30 min

   Bake for 25–30 minutes at 180 °C (350 °F), until the edges are golden brown and the surface feels firm to the touch.

6. Cut into bars

   1 hr

   Let the slab cool in the pan for at least 1 hour; it will break apart if still warm. Then lift it out using the parchment paper and cut it into 12 bars with a sharp knife.

Tip: Press the mixture into the pan as firmly as possible, using the bottom of a glass, for example, to keep the bars from crumbling. Because they contain banana and apple, store them in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Read more: Spotted bananas: how they differ from unripe ones

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Müsli tyčinky z ovsených vločiek: 200 g vločiek upečiete s banánom, jablkom a medom