Greg & Ranae's protein bar recipe

Due to my recent discovery of the downfall to protein bars (cost, lots of carbs, generally terrible taste), I decided to post the home-made recipe of the leaders of my P90X message group. Ranae and Greg started Early Morning X'ers in the summer of 2008. I post on there every day, it keeps me going! Here is the recipe:

5 tbsp natural peanut butter (chunky or smooth)
* 1/2 cup dry oat meal or whole grain hot cereal (uncooked)
* 1/2 cup oat flour (double the dry oats if you do not have oat flour)
* 6 scoops chocolate whey protein (approximately 132 grams worth of low-carb protein powder)
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 tablespoons flax seeds (optional)
* 1 cup non-fat dry milk
* 1/2 cup water (depending on what type of protein you use, you may need to add more)
* Modifications: Use vanilla protein and replace ~1/4 cup of the oatflour with a variety of nuts, seeds, or dried berries.

Spray an 8x8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Combine dry ingredients in a medium size bowl and mix well. Add peanut butter and mix - the mixture will be crumbly and dry. Add water & vanilla. Using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, everything until a dough forms. The dough will be sticky. Spread dough into pan using a clean wooden spoon or spatula that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Refrigerate a few hours (or freeze for an hour) and cut into 9 squares. Wrap bars individually (use sandwich bags or plastic wrap) or store in covered container between sheets of wax paper. Keep refrigerated

220 calories, 22 g protein, 7.5 g fat, 18.6 g carbohydrate

Greg's comments: "Of course these numbers will change depending on the type of protein powder you use. They are about the size of a brownie and they taste pretty good. What I like best about them is that I know exactly what is in them. No chemicals or other questionable ingredients."