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Raw energy bars

Quick, easy, and healthy raw energy bars for a perfect snack while traveling, hiking, or playing sports.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cooling Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 20 bars
Calories: 169.6 kcal

Equipment & Tools

  • Food processor
  • Parchment paper

INGREDIENTS
 
Metric - US Customary

Nuts

  • 300 g hazelnuts

Dried fruits

  • 375 g dates
  • 120 g prunes
  • 35 g golden raisins

Spices

  • 1 tsp vanilla paste
  • ½ tsp cardamom (freshly ground)
  • ½ tsp cinnamon (Ceylon)
  • ½ tsp ginger (ground)
  • 1 lemon (zest and juice, Meyer)

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Gather all the ingredients.
  • (Optional) If you would like to remove the skin from the hazelnuts roast them for 5 minutes at 200ºC (400ºF) or just enough to dry the skin. Place the hazelnuts on the clean kitchen towel, close tightly, rub between your hands for a minute or so. The skins should come off easily. Be careful not to overbake the hazelnuts. They should not take on the color.
  • Process the hazelnuts, cardamom, ginger, and cinnamon in the food processor until very fine. Place in a clean bowl and set aside. (Note 1)
  • Process the dates, prunes, golden raisins, vanilla paste, lemon zest, and juice in the food processor until it resembles a sort of a dough-like structure. (Note 2)
  • Add the hazelnuts to the food processor and pulse until the mass is cohesive.
  • Transfer to the parchment paper and pat it tightly into a square about 1cm (½in) thick.
    Place in the fridge to cool completely.
  • Cut into either squares or rectangles or any other shape you wish.
  • Wrap each bar in the parchment paper so that they don't stick to each other. Place them in a sealed glass container and either keep them in the fridge or on the counter.

NOTES

  1. Make sure not to overprocess the hazelnuts so that they start releasing the oils and turn slowly into butter. They should have a consistency of coarse nut flour.
  2. Once processes it should cling into a bowl, like pasta dough.

NUTRITION*

Serving: 1bar | Calories: 169.6kcal (8%) | Carbohydrates: 22.5g (8%) | Protein: 3g (6%) | Fat: 9.2g (14%) | Saturated Fat: 0.7g (4%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6.9g | Sodium: 0.8mg | Potassium: 290.4mg (8%) | Fiber: 3.6g (15%) | Sugar: 16.1g (18%) | Vitamin A: 53.1IU (1%) | Vitamin C: 4mg (5%) | Calcium: 30mg (3%) | Iron: 1mg (6%)

* Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.