Cereal bars etc for diabetics

This one works well for me:

Apple and oat slices (makes 16 bars)

2 tablespoons caster sugar
250g/9oz reduced fat monounsaturated spread (I use an olive-type spread)
2 tablespoons honey (I use runny)
450g/1lb cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced (I also make this with a mix of eating apples, dried apricots, roughly chopped and 2 tablespoons of orange juice instead of the water)
175g/6oz plain wholemeal flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
200g/7oz rolled oats
50g/ 1 3/4oz chopped mixed nuts or chopped hazelnuts - whatever you have in.

Pre-heat oven to 180C/350F/GM 4. Place apples, sugar and 2 tablespoons water in a saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer gently until pulpy (approx 15 mins).

Melt marg in another saucepan and stir in the honey. Remove from the heat and stir in flour, baking powder, oats and nuts. Press half of the oat mixture into the base of a lightly greased 7x11inch (18x27cm) shallow tin. Spoon over the apple mixture. Crumble the remaining oat mixture over the fruit and press down gently. Bake until evenly browned (approx 30-40 mins). Cool slightly in tin, cut, remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack. Store in the fridge. Not suitable for freezing.

I’ve always found the Diabetes UK website http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Recipes.nsf/Searchrecipes really useful. HTHs!