No - Bake Seeded Fruit Snack

[irish daveyboy]

Ingredients:

1 cup sesame seeds

1 cup pumpkin seeds

4 Tbls Butter/Margarine at room temp

3 Tbls golden syrup

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup chopped apricots

1/2 cup craisins

1/2 cup chopped roasted nuts such as cashews or peanuts (optional)

Method:

Place seeds on a baking sheet lined with non-stick baking paper.

Toast under grill carefully for about 3-4 minutes.

Pour into a mixing bowl.

Place spread, golden syrup and brown sugar in a non-stick pan.

Heat until spread and sugar has dissolved.

Increase the heat to high and heat for 3 more minutes until the mixture is bubbling and begins to thicken.

Pour hot syrup mixture into bowl with seeds, fruit and nuts (if using).

Mix together, then lightly press into a slice tray lined with baking paper.

Cut while semi-hot before it sets completely.

[TrickyMama]

Sounds awesome! What is golden syrup?

[irish daveyboy]

Sounds awesome! What is golden syrup?

Golden Syrup = Corn Syrup

Best Regards,

David

[TrickyMama]

Hmmmmm . . . I really despise even the idea of corn syrup but your recipe looks amazing. Think I could use something else? Agave? Is there a way to thicken agave so it has the consistency of corn syrup? Something else I might not know of? Maybe something else lower on the glycemic index? Again, your recipe is gorgeous and I'm sure I'm the extreme minority but I'm really affected by corn syrup - instant headache and nausea - I am pretty sure it is just the sugar because I do fine with plain frozen/fresh corn - so I would love to try to make it with something lower on the GI.

[irish daveyboy]

Hmmmmm . . . I really despise even the idea of corn syrup but your recipe looks amazing. Think I could use something else? Agave? Is there a way to thicken agave so it has the consistency of corn syrup? Something else I might not know of? Maybe something else lower on the glycemic index? Again, your recipe is gorgeous and I'm sure I'm the extreme minority but I'm really affected by corn syrup - instant headache and nausea - I am pretty sure it is just the sugar because I do fine with plain frozen/fresh corn - so I would love to try to make it with something lower on the GI.

Coconut Palm Sugar has the lowest GI of any sugar, however

check for a Low GI agave syrup (honey can be lower than some agave's)

You could try to get Sorbitol Syrup.

Brown Rice Syrup.

A suitable thickener would be unflavoured gelatin.

Use a low GI sugar replacer, water and gelatin to thicken.

Best Regards,

David

[TrickyMama]

As long as I have the ear of someone who sounds seriously knowledgeable on the subject of the glycemic index and sweeteners, what do you mean that honey could be lower GI than agave? I thought the whole major advantage to agave was that it was lower GI. Are there different kinds of agave that are different on the GI? And what kind of honey could be even lower? Please share. I'm not formally educated on this stuff but I try to stay up to date and this is news to me. I'm listening. I'll check back in the morning.

[Mack the Knife]

Golden syrup is not corn syrup. It has nothing to do with corn. It's not used much in the U.S. but it is used a lot in baking in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. You cam buy it from specialist British shops.

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