Sleepy Squares

Dr. Oz  recommends Scottish oats, tart cherries and pumpkin seeds to help you go to sleep at night. These foods contain high amounts of tryptophan and melatonin. I combined all three to make these yummy, not too sweet,squares. If you don't need the sedative affect, just make the substitutions in the notes below. Sweet Dreams.


Ingredients:

Mix it all up, bake it, and this is what you get.

Sleepy Squares

1/3 cup raw pumpkin seeds, ground
2 cups Scottish oats
1/3 cup tart dried cherries
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. honey
1 egg, beaten
2 Tbsp. canola oil

Preheat oven to 350 and grease an 8x8 pan. In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients. Add egg and oil and mix until thoroughly combined. Press into  pan. Bake 25-30 minutes. Cool and cut into 12 squares. Store in airtight container.

Notes: You can use rolled oats or steel cut oats if you don't have access to the Scottish. I grind the pumpkin seeds in my coffee grinder but you can use a food processor. You can substitute any other dried fruit for the cherries and/or any nut for the pumpkins seeds .  As I have said before, I haven't met a nut I didn't like!

Sleepy Squares