Annabel langbeins bird seed bars

00743, Oct 6, 6:47am
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does anyone have the recipe !

cottagerose, Oct 6, 7:26am
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2 cups rolled oats
1 cup each of sunflower,sesame and pumpkin seeds
Put in oven at 180 degrees for 15 minutes on tray Melt and simmer the following for 5 minutes

120gms butter
6 tbsp golden syrup or honey
1/2 cup raw sugar
1/3 cup peanut butter

Add the dry ingrediants including 1 cup raisins/apricots/cranberries to the melted ingrediants
Put in fridge. Will keep for weeks in airtight container

clareo, Oct 6, 7:35am
Lucky lucky birds - hope they enjoy it!

245sam, Oct 6, 9:28am
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To add to the above, I recall Annabel saying that if there are nut allergies to consider, she advised that sweetened condensed milk could be used instead of the peanut butter.:-))

racheee, Oct 6, 10:09pm
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Just made it, replacing chia seeds for sesame and brown sugar with raw.Just cooling it before it goes in the fridge.Sure the boys will devour it!

fran142, Oct 6, 10:14pm
Annabelle said on last nights programme you could use sweetened condensed milk in stead of peanut butter

245sam, Oct 6, 10:24pm
yes, as already advised at#4 along with the reason for doing the substitution.:-))

wanganuijock, Oct 7, 10:51am
yum on my to do list for tomorrow

cats5, Oct 9, 2:45am
have tasted them yum must make it

racheee, Oct 9, 5:14am
A bit hit with everyone except my children.Might wizz up the pumpkin and sunflower seeds a bit next time.

bluecalico, Oct 9, 7:06pm
I made them with pumpkin, sunflower and chopped almonds with skins on.tasty tasty.I found it easier to cut not straight from the fridge.

cats5, Oct 9, 7:50pm
may be cut it before it goes in the fridge

duckmoon, Oct 10, 6:28am
How many does it cut into!

rarogal, Oct 10, 7:36am
Lol, I was just thinking it sounds good enough for ME to, not birds!

rarogal, Oct 10, 7:38am
Oh wait, I feel really stupid, are these intended for humans, despite the title!

245sam, Oct 10, 7:48am
Yes, definitely intended for human consumption - IMO the title comes about because of all the seeds.:-))

happy-me, Oct 10, 7:52am
I made this and really liked it, I had some white chocolate which i added.
Still not a healthy as i would of liked but still yum, and I used cranberries.

rarogal, Oct 10, 8:09am
Lol :o)

raine8, Oct 10, 8:16am
found it was sweet enough without the sugar but tasted bit buttery

kuaka, Oct 10, 11:11am
I've been making a similar recipe (also called birdseed bar) since the late 70s.It uses sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, coconut, chopped mixed nuts and sultanas, and the mix that holds it all together is 100g butter, 1/4 cup honey, 1/2 cup brown sugar.It's yummy and I have never found it too sweet.

bunny51, Oct 10, 11:18am
I think I have that recipe somewhere. IS it an Alison Holst recipe!

maynard9, Oct 10, 7:17pm
Yep - I have been making Alison's one for years too.

Just a word of warning tho don't consume if you have an irritable bowel system. or the potential to,.

kuaka, Oct 10, 7:47pm
I don't know which book it came from, a work colleague gave it to me years ago.