Energy Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (6 oz.) can frozen orange juice, thawed but undiluted
1/2 c. quick oats (uncooked)
1 c. mixed dried fruits
1/2 c. raisins
1/2 c. chopped nuts
1/4 c. dates
1/4 c. wheat germ
1 Tbsp. sesame seed
1/2 c. shortening
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1/2 c. molasses
2 c. sifted flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon

Preparation

Mix first 8 ingredients together. Cream together sugar and shortening. Add molasses and egg; mix well. Sift flour and spices together. Add fruit mixture and mix well. Bake in a greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan at 325\u00b0. Bake for 35 minutes.
When cool, cut into bars.