OT: Clif bars -- trying to clone, need your taste buds' help

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:35:20 -0500, Sandy Parker <[email hidden]>

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I am thinking about cloning Clif Bars, Peanut Toffee Buzz
primarily.

I can't help with your specific questions, but last year, I
searched a lot and found loads of recipes. I'm pretty sure
that some of them were for Clif clones. groups.google.com
produced lots of results.

I've still got a bunch of bars from whatever recipe I _did_
use, wrapped in wax paper, in the back of the fridge. I
never did eat many of them...
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Rick Onanian

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:16:19 -0500, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Sandy Parker said:

I am thinking about cloning Clif Bars, Peanut Toffee Buzz
primarily.

I can't help with your specific questions, but last year, I
searched a lot and found loads of recipes. I'm pretty sure
that some of them were for Clif clones. groups.google.com
produced lots of results.

I've still got a bunch of bars from whatever recipe I _did_
use, wrapped in wax paper, in the back of the fridge. I
never did eat many of them...

Thanks, Rick. I wish it were that easy. There are 'powerbar'
and 'energy bar' recipes out there, but none for Clif,
unfortunately, and of those that have been posted or on the
Web, none are close at all. Most are no better-tasting than
Jobst's 'recipe' using cardboard dipped in molasses, unless
they are loaded with butter or margarine. ; )

Thanks anyway.

Sandy

I prefer the apricot myself. I tend to stay away from
"flavors" with 60's hippie type names.

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Peanut toffee buzz?

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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:35:20 -0500, Sandy Parker <[email hidden]> from

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Hi,

I am thinking about cloning Clif Bars, Peanut Toffee Buzz
primarily.

If you haven't already got a base recipe, you might want to
start with something called "Logan Bread." It's a great
energy food for long rides. There are various recipes for it
around the 'net. Here's one I like:

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-
purpose flour 1 1/4 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon
salt 2 eggs
4/2 cup honey
5/4 cup molasses 1 cup applesauce
6/2 cup vegetable oil 1 cup raisins
7/3 cup sunflower seeds

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease
two 9 inch square baking pans.

2 In a large bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour,
white flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. In
a separate bowl, stir together the eggs, honey, molasses,
applesauce, and vegetable oil. Pour the wet ingredients into
the dry ingredients, and stir until well blended. Mix in the
raisins and sunflower seeds. Divide the batter evenly
between the two pans.

3 Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the
top springs back when lightly pressed. Let the bread cool
in the pans for at least 10 minutes before cutting into
squares or bars. Wrap pieces individually, and refrigerate
or freeze.

Makes 36 bars (36 servings)

This tastes so good, you might just give up on cloning
Clif Bars.

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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 20:54:12 -0600, Kevan Smith
<[email hidden]> wrote:

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Makes 36 bars (36 servings)

This tastes so good, you might just give up on cloning
Clif Bars.

Thank you. I'll try it this weekend.

Sandy

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Makes 36 bars (36 servings)

This tastes so good, you might just give up on cloning
Clif Bars.

It looks good; how sturdy are the bars? Will they survive
being stuffed in a jerser pocket or a [censored] pack?

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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:35:20 -0500, Sandy Parker

from url='http://extra.newsguy.com/'http://extra.newsguy.com/url said:

Hi,

I am thinking about cloning Clif Bars, Peanut Toffee Buzz
primarily.

If you haven't already got a base recipe, you might want
to start with

something

Quoted message said:

called "Logan Bread." It's a great energy food for long
rides. There are

various

Quoted message said:

recipes for it around the 'net. Here's one I like:

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-
purpose flour 1 1/4 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1
teaspoon salt 2 eggs
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup molasses 1 cup applesauce
1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 cup raisins
2/3 cup sunflower seeds

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Grease two 9 inch

square

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baking pans.

2 In a large bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour,
white flour, oats,

brown

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sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, stir
together the

eggs,

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honey, molasses, applesauce, and vegetable oil. Pour the
wet ingredients

into

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the dry ingredients, and stir until well blended. Mix in
the raisins and sunflower seeds. Divide the batter evenly
between the two pans.

3 Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the
top springs back

when

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lightly pressed. Let the bread cool in the pans for at
least 10 minutes

before

Quoted message said:

cutting into squares or bars. Wrap pieces individually,
and refrigerate or freeze.

Makes 36 bars (36 servings)

This tastes so good, you might just give up on cloning
Clif Bars.

Thanks for omitting cross post to .racing.

Not familiar with Clif Bars in particular, but don't most
energy bars have more protein? Maybe you could add wheat
gluten or substitute 1/4 cup or so for some of the flour.

I haven't tried the recipe yet, but maybe some of the fat
could be omitted as well using less oil or fewer egg yolks.
Anyone have experience with any of these changes? Looking
forward to experimenting.

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:42:06 -0500, David Kerber <ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net> from

Cox Communications said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Kevan@mouse- potato.com says...

...

Quoted message said:

Makes 36 bars (36 servings)

This tastes so good, you might just give up on cloning
Clif Bars.

It looks good; how sturdy are the bars? Will they survive
being stuffed in a jerser pocket or a [censored] pack?

I made some last summer and did a century with them. I had
them cut up in small, bite-size squares. They were spongy,
yet firm, if that makes sense -- more like a frim brownie
than a hard bar. I put them in a ziploc bag and stuffed that
in a jersey pocket. The temp reached 96 with a humidity in
the 60s, which is pretty much the opposite of what they were
designed for, and the bars held up very well. As long as you
don't go medieval on them, they hold together.

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