Name: Christa’s health squares
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 32 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 500 ml flour cake; 500 ml desiccated coconut; 750 ml oats; 5 ml salt; 250 ml pecan nuts or walnuts; 250 ml cereal; 250 raisins; 250 ml brown sugar; 2 eggs extra large, lightly beaten; 70 ml honey; 250 g butter; 10 ml Robertson's bicarbonate of soda; 250 ml dried cranberries

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Ingredients (13)

500 ml	flour — cake
500 ml	desiccated coconut
750 ml	oats
5 ml	salt
250 ml	pecan nuts — or walnuts
250 ml	cereal
250	raisins
250 ml	brown sugar
2	eggs — extra large, lightly beaten
70 ml	honey
250 g	butter
10 ml	Robertson's bicarbonate of soda

Optional:

250 ml

dried cranberries

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 160 °C. Grease or spray a baking tray.

Mix together the flour, coconut, oats, salt, nuts, AllBran Flakes, raisins and sugar in a large mixing bowl.

Add the beaten eggs and mix in.

Melt the honey and butter together and add the bicarbonate of soda. Allow to cool slightly. Mix into the fruit and egg mixture.

Press the mixture down lightly into the prepared baking tray.

Bake for 30–35 minutes.

Cut into squares while still warm and allow to cool in the pan.

Tip: If using the cranberries and seeds, add another egg and 30 ml (2 Tbsp) butter.

Extract from “Friends and Family” by Nicky Stubbs, published by Human & Rousseau.

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