Raspberry & pine nut bars

Raspberry & pine nut bars

Juicy, seasonal fruit gives a fresh taste

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 12 large bars

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Including 35-40 minutes baking

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to fan 170C/ conventional 190C/gas 5. Butter a shallow 23cm square tin. Tip the flour, oats and butter into a mixing bowl and use your fingers to work the mixture together to make coarse crumbs. Mix in the sugar, lemon zest and three quarters of the pine nuts using your hands, then press the mixture together well so it forms large sticky clumps.
  2. Drop about two thirds of the oat mixture into the base of the tin, spread it out and press down very lightly - don't pack it too firmly. Scatter the raspberries on top, sprinkle the rest of the oat mixture over, then the rest of the pine nuts and press everything down lightly.
  3. Bake for 35-40 minutes until pale golden on top. Cut into 12 bars with a sharp knife while still warm, then leave to cool in the tin before removing. Will keep for 2-3 days.

Per serving

391 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 40g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 12g, fibre 3g, sugar 15g, salt 0.41 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2003.

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  • 09 February 2008

    bakerkaz rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These are great! Have made them on several occasions for family/ work and always get good comments! Very quick and easy. I just use frozen rasperries defrosted - work fine. The pine nuts are lovely but next time I may try some other nuts such as chopped walnuts to see how that works...

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  • 13 February 2008

    Cherry ontop rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    YUMMY - I think it's the pine nuts that make these different!

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  • 15 February 2008

    Jayzee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely dee-lish!! I had these round a friends last summer after lunch and fell in love with them. I asked her for the recipe and i've made them lots of times, sometimes adding other berries too, i think pretty much any summer berry would work well, might even give a go with some apricots! Serve as they are as a healthy snack or with a little lacing of cream! They're beautiful and a keeper in my recipe book!

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  • 29 February 2008

    Emily Young rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These are amazing. an unusual taste with the pine nuts but had lots of positive feedback and recipe requests. I recommend them!

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  • 03 March 2008

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Taste delicious. I made them with frozen defrosted raspberries and cook them for a lot longer than the recipe stated (about an hour in total) for them to stay together.

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  • 14 March 2008

    moppet commented on this recipe

    These are fantastic! Took them to work along with triple choc brownies (another GF recipe) and the bars went first. Not bad for an office full of chocoholics! Also had requests for the recipe. Def making again!

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  • 14 March 2008

    moppet rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Forgot to rate them!

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  • 31 March 2008

    inkedman616 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    these are delicious! have been told they taste way better than any bought flapjack~type bars.will be trying with mixed berries next. considering they're quite healthy..they are gorgeous..you have GOT t make them!!

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  • 27 May 2008

    AliceS commented on this recipe

    I agree these are fantastic. I made them in a static caravan in the middle of the Scottish Highlands (!) - I couldn't get pine nuts at the local shop so used flaked almonds which worked well, though probably don't give the same unusual tang. Excellent for dessert or just with coffee - a warning though: don't go deluding yourself that these are healthy, they have a whole pack of butter in them! All wholesome stuff though.

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  • 28 May 2008

    Steve rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I found the quantities weren't quite right for me with a bit too much butter, once i added a bit more flour and oats it was lovely. I used pecan's instead of pine nuts which worked very well.

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  • 27 June 2008

    sally rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    These are really good but I too found there was a bit too much butter in them for me, I will try them with a bit less next time.

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  • 07 July 2008

    katkemp rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Excellent recipe! made these because got given some home grown raspberrys and my boyfriend (who once claimed to not to have liked either nuts or raspberrys!) demolished the lot!!

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  • 27 August 2008

    Katherine rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I make this with blackberries (free from a hedgerow near you!) and walnuts, and think it tastes even better than the original.

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  • 20 September 2008

    mosan commented on this recipe

    They were very tasty! I love the addition of the pine nuts, which transforms the flavour from good to brilliant and provides an interesting texture too.

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  • 24 September 2008

    mama fish rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Totally delicious! Fresh sharp raspberrys mix well with the the crunchy sweet oaty base. Have made this several times and always comes out well. So simple to make with no great finesse needed ideal when you're in a hurry. Would highly recommend.

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  • 16 March 2009

    yummy grub rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really easy to make and taste fantastic...a winner!

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  • 09 April 2009

    pinkie commented on this recipe

    Just made these for my husbands birthday tea, a real winner and the smell is lovely. Quick, easy and a bit different.

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  • 09 April 2009

    pinkie rated this recipe

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  • 16 June 2010

    fiona rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    These were really yummy, but I found that they fell apart very easily. When left overnight, they did hold together better tho'. I also found them quite tricky to get out of the tin. Would still make them again.

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  • 15 February 2011

    janice commented on this recipe

    have just made these and they are really lovely, you have to wait a while for them to cool & i just could'nt so i had to have just one tiny bit & oh my god! really nice will 100% do these again, so simple x

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Cuts into 12 large bars

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Including 35-40 minutes baking

Ingredients

  • 200g plain flour
  • 200g porridge oats
  • 250g pack butter , room temperature, cut into small pieces
  • 175g light muscovado sugar
  • finely grated zest of 1 lemon
  • 100g pack pine nuts
  • 2 punnets raspberries (total weight 250g/9oz)
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Per serving

391 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 40g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 12g, fibre 3g, sugar 15g, salt 0.41 g

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