Just made these without a bread machine. Mixed all in the mixer then kneaded by hand for maybe 5 minutes. Made the rectangle, cut into 12. Mine had to rise about 2 hours because of it being cold! Came out delicious!
Jessica Fisher
Yay! Glad to hear it!
HH
Came out great! I didn’t have an orange handy so added a bit more milk and some lemonade concentrate as well as lemon zest.
I thought recipe was unclear as to what parts of the orange to use in addition to the zest.
Jessica Fisher
Thanks so much for your feedback. I appreciate your taking the time. I updated the recipe to make it clearer. (It’s just orange zest.) Glad your adaptations worked so well!
YJ
This is the recipe I need for the bread machine. Never have left a review before I tried a recipe but I know that they will be great. Don’t have cornmeal so will throw in something else. Thanks.
Jamie
Does anyone have the nutritional facts on these? Calories, fat, etc?
Susan Hoff
I once had a deli close by that made these – like 20 years ago – and I loved them! I haven’t found them anywhere since then, and now I can make them myself! Thanks for working out Norbert’s details. I liked them toasted with peanut butter back then. I will be trying these this week. Thank you, again, and again!
Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef
i can’t wait to try these! yum!
coleen
Thanks, can’t wait to try these!
Megan
I love making these with almond extract instead of the vanilla and subbing in chopped almonds for the sunflower seeds. I usually try and change up the dried fruit too, depending what’s in my pantry. I love dried cherries in these bars!
Brandi
Yum yum yum! Love these so much! I often eat one cut in half, toasted, with butter and some milk for a quick but healthy breakfast. My 3 year old is weirded out by the seeds but loves the flavor, next batch I’ll skip the seeds for her.
Lee Anne
So glad to see you back at good cheap eats. I missed you after the everyday update from the pantry challenge. 🙂
Is each bar = 2 servings? The recipe says to cut in to 12 bars, but it says it is 24 servings
Jessica
Half a bar is pretty filling, IMO.
Sandi
For those of us without a bread machine, would we just mix it all together? Is anything else necessary?
Jessica
@Sandi, make them like typical bread dough. Proof the yeast in the liquids, add the dry. Knead until dough ball is elastic and smooth.
Jen
@Sandi, I made these by hand yesterday, and it was a bit of a difficult job. Kneading whole flours is harder, imho, than just all-AP, and I ended up adding a little more liquid as I couldn’t knead away dry patches. Kneading in the fruits/seeds was a challenge, too, because of the very little give of the dough. I just kept at it, though, and smooshed a bunch of what fell out to the tops. Mine didn’t quite rise enough–next time, I might give them 40 rather than 20 minutes–and they’re a bit hard to slice. I popped a mostly-sliced one into the micro for 30 seconds this morning and added a bit of butter, and it was worth all the trouble! 🙂
Jessica
@Jen, thanks for sharing your experience making them by hand. That is super helpful!
Jean
Just made these without a bread machine. Mixed all in the mixer then kneaded by hand for maybe 5 minutes. Made the rectangle, cut into 12. Mine had to rise about 2 hours because of it being cold! Came out delicious!
Jessica Fisher
Yay! Glad to hear it!
HH
Came out great! I didn’t have an orange handy so added a bit more milk and some lemonade concentrate as well as lemon zest.
I thought recipe was unclear as to what parts of the orange to use in addition to the zest.
Jessica Fisher
Thanks so much for your feedback. I appreciate your taking the time. I updated the recipe to make it clearer. (It’s just orange zest.) Glad your adaptations worked so well!
YJ
This is the recipe I need for the bread machine. Never have left a review before I tried a recipe but I know that they will be great. Don’t have cornmeal so will throw in something else. Thanks.
Jamie
Does anyone have the nutritional facts on these? Calories, fat, etc?
Susan Hoff
I once had a deli close by that made these – like 20 years ago – and I loved them! I haven’t found them anywhere since then, and now I can make them myself! Thanks for working out Norbert’s details. I liked them toasted with peanut butter back then. I will be trying these this week. Thank you, again, and again!
Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef
i can’t wait to try these! yum!
coleen
Thanks, can’t wait to try these!
Megan
I love making these with almond extract instead of the vanilla and subbing in chopped almonds for the sunflower seeds. I usually try and change up the dried fruit too, depending what’s in my pantry. I love dried cherries in these bars!
Brandi
Yum yum yum! Love these so much! I often eat one cut in half, toasted, with butter and some milk for a quick but healthy breakfast. My 3 year old is weirded out by the seeds but loves the flavor, next batch I’ll skip the seeds for her.
Lee Anne
So glad to see you back at good cheap eats. I missed you after the everyday update from the pantry challenge. 🙂
Jessica
@Lee Anne, thanks!
Deb
Is each bar = 2 servings? The recipe says to cut in to 12 bars, but it says it is 24 servings
Jessica
Half a bar is pretty filling, IMO.
Sandi
For those of us without a bread machine, would we just mix it all together? Is anything else necessary?
Jessica
@Sandi, make them like typical bread dough. Proof the yeast in the liquids, add the dry. Knead until dough ball is elastic and smooth.
Jen
@Sandi, I made these by hand yesterday, and it was a bit of a difficult job. Kneading whole flours is harder, imho, than just all-AP, and I ended up adding a little more liquid as I couldn’t knead away dry patches. Kneading in the fruits/seeds was a challenge, too, because of the very little give of the dough. I just kept at it, though, and smooshed a bunch of what fell out to the tops. Mine didn’t quite rise enough–next time, I might give them 40 rather than 20 minutes–and they’re a bit hard to slice. I popped a mostly-sliced one into the micro for 30 seconds this morning and added a bit of butter, and it was worth all the trouble! 🙂
Jessica
@Jen, thanks for sharing your experience making them by hand. That is super helpful!