Fortune Bay Expeditionary Team

If you want something that'll stick to your ribs this will do it. Our
recipe is based loosely on the old Boy Scouts favorite, Hudson Bay Bread. This provides our fat, protein, carbs, and fiber. All round good stuff.

9 1/2 C regular oats
3 sticks of butter or quality margarine (not soft spread goop)
2 cups white sugar (experiment with brown sugar too)
1/3 C Corn Syrup (light)
1/3 C honey
1 tsp. of maple flavoring
Opt. add 1 C chopped nuts and/or chopped raisins/dates/dried cherries

The key to this treat is preparation of the oats. Adding slowly, about a
cup at a time, add the oats to a food processor using high speed until it looks like a floury powder. You should still see some oat flakes partly whole.

Cream all other ingredients (except raisins, nuts, etc) in a large bowl.
Add the chopped oats a little at a time to the creamed mixture and blend with large spoon.

Spread on a large cookie sheet or a couple rectangular cake pans about 3/4 inch thick. Press down with spatula evenly.

Bake at 325 degrees for 20-25 minutes. It should be bubbly and golden brown.

Right when you take it out of the oven press mixture down with spatula making it compact but not so hard it looks leathery. This will keep the bread from crumbling after it cools.

It's going to be dense and heavy. Cut it into bars about 2 inches by 3
inches. Let it cool a bit more and remove the bars from the pan and place on wire racks to fully cool. Wrap individually in plastic wrap or wax paper and refrigerate until needed in larger zip-lock type bags.

This sure beats your average granola or "power" bar.

This is Cooky Charlie saying, "Use a Eureka not the Sheraton and live longer".

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Please email your favorite "trail meal" idea to:
chuckwagon@fortunebaycompany.com