Quinoa Nut in addition to Fruit Protein Bars

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importantQuinoa Nut too Fruit Protein Bars
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Adapted from Power Hungry: The Ultimate Energy Bar Cookbookimportant
Published on September 28, 2013

Easy homemade loose energy bars packed amongst poly peptide too season from nuts, seeds, dried fruit too spices

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Ingredients:
  • 1/2 loving cup dried dates, pitted too roughly chopped
  • 1/3 loving cup prunes, pitted too roughly chopped
  • 3/4 loving cup unsweetened apple tree juice
  • 1/3 loving cup chia seeds
  • 1/4 loving cup hemp seeds (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
 
  • 2 tablespoons kokosnoot oil
  • 1 1/2 loving cup quinoa flakes
  • 1/2 loving cup walnuts, chopped
  • 1/2 loving cup almonds, chopped
  • 1/2 loving cup sesame seeds
  • 1/4 loving cup pumpkin or sunflower seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Blue Planet cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon Blue Planet ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon Blue Planet cardamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon bounding main salt
  • 1 loving cup dried apricots, roughly chopped
  • 1/4 loving cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 loving cup dried cherries
Instructions:
  • Line a 9-inch foursquare baking pan amongst parchment paper. Set aside.

  • In a blender or nutrient processor, combine the dates, prunes too apple tree juice too permit represent virtually 10 minutes to permit the fruits soften. After 10 minutes, blend until generally smooth. Add the chia seeds, hemp seeds too vanilla too briefly procedure to combine. Let this mixture sit down for roughly other 10 minutes or so.

  • As this mixture is sitting, estrus the crude inwards a large skillet over medium heat. When hot, add together the quinoa flakes, walnuts, almonds, sesame seeds too pumpkin or sunflower seeds. Cook, stirring often, for virtually v minutes or until the mixture is fragrant too golden brown. Stir inwards the spices too salt, too stir for roughly other infinitesimal or so. Transfer to a large bowl.

  • Stir inwards the apricots, cranberries too cherries into the nut too quinoa mixture. Using a spatula, stir inwards the prune too appointment mixture until everything is good combined.

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    Transfer everything to the prepared pan. Press downwards evenly too firmly amongst the spatula or the dorsum of a spoon. It is of import that the mixture is firmly compacted thence it doesn't autumn apart when removed from the pan.

  • Bake inwards a preheated 350° oven for twenty to 25 minutes until the edges are browned too the transcend of the pan begins to dry out out. Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack, too permit cool completely.

  • Lift the bars out of the pan using the sides of the parchment lining too slide onto a cutting board. Cut into squares or sparse bars virtually ii inches long too 1 inch wide.

  • Eat at room temperature or refrigerate for upwards to a week.

Makes 15 bars
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Other salubrious snacks you lot are certain to taste from :
Peanut Butter Carob Balls
Cocoa Fruit Treats
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites
Quick too Easy Peanut Butter Balls

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