Cookie Recipes - Chewy Fruit Bars Recipe

  
 

Dried Fruit Cookie Recipes - Chewy Fruit Bars

Ingredients

  • 2 cups/200 g dried apricots, soaked overnight

  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil

  • 1 cup/180 g raisins

  • 2/3 cup/100 g old-fashioned rolled oats

  • grated zest of 1 lemon

  • 1/2 tsp ground cardamom

  • 1/8 tsp salt

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C/gas 6. Butter a 13 x 9-inch (33 x 23-cm) baking pan.

  2. Bring the apricots and their soaking liquid to a boil in a small saucepan over low heat and simmer for 5 minutes, or until softened.

  3. Drain and transfer to a food processor or blender. Process until smooth. Transfer to a large bowl and add the oil.

  4. Mix in the raisins, oats, lemon zest, cardamom, and salt until well blended. Spread the mixture evenly in the prepared pan.

  5. Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Cool completely in the pan. Cut into bars.