Cereal bars from the supermarket? Often far too sweet, mixed together with simple sugars and little nutritious cereal pops. Here you can alternatively bake your own bars with relatively little time.

Basic ingredients for my oat bars are 300g of tender rolled oats, 50g of coconut oil, 100g of nuts, 100g of dried fruit (e.g. apricots, figs or dates), 40g of raw cane sugar and a little 3 tablespoons of honey.

Here's how easy it is:

1) Heat the coconut oil in a saucepan and melt the raw cane sugar in it over not too high heat and caramelize it slightly.

At the same time, or beforehand in a blender, grind the nuts and dried fruit so that a sticky mass is formed. Here you can also add chia seeds or soaked flax seeds and even some fresh fruit (e.g. apple) according to your own taste.

2) Remove the pot from the hot stove. Add the mixture of nuts and dried fruit to the pot with the melted sugar and mix everything properly with a spoon. Add the honey and continue mixing. Then add the oatmeal, and... of course, continue to mix everything well. Always be careful not to burn anything on the bottom of the pot.

You should end up with a slightly sticky, but not too lumpy mixture. With a little oat milk or a little more oatmeal, you can always adjust the consistency well.

3) Pour this mixture into a baking dish lined with baking paper. The mass should be well pressed and at least 1.5-2cm high in the form.

4) Bake for 30 minutes in an oven preheated to 150 degrees.

After baking, let the mold cool down. Then cut the bars into the desired shape and wrap them in sandwich bags or paper.

The bars keep for at least 14 days and are the perfect energy supplier during sports or in between. Once you've baked them yourself, you'll almost always automatically try new variations of your own.

Have fun trying them out!