Homemade "Larabar" / Broke 1000 Pageviews :)
Yield: 3 Bars
Hello Everyone :)
I know I have not added anything new for a while. My Job is very crazy in the summer and it is hard to find time to experiment new recipes. On that note, I am now one of the Vegetarian Living founding members on a website called Bunch. Bunch is a really great blogging community site, I recommend to give it a try and explore you interests < http://www.joinbunch.com > I am also happy to announce I have broke 1000 pageviews. Thank you to all who enjoy what I do here and I hope the recipes are working for everyone. Since one of my most popular posts was the Granola Bars I thought this would be a great post to add. I recently got introduced to the Larabar and I loved it. However, they are quite pricy which led me to figure out how to make them myself. It turns out you need only two ingredients to make a basic "larabar." More ingredients can be added if desired. You can pretty much put whatever you want in these bars as long as it is a 1:1 ratio. I made up two kinds to share, but experiment for yourself!
Equipment:
Food processor
Medium size bowl
Dry measuring cups
Dry measuring spoons
Cutting board
Rectulangular mold
Plate
Sharpened chef knife
Ingredients:
Raw Cashew
1. 1/2 cup raw cashews
2. 1/2 cup pitted dates
1. 1/2 cup pitted dates
2. 1 tablespoon raw cacao powder
3. 1 tablespoon hemp protein powder
4. 1/2 cup walnuts
Instructions:
Raw Cashew
Pulse the raw cashews a couple of times until the nuts are finely broken but not too dusty
Place cashew bits into a medium size bowl
Blitz the dates until they become a paste and place in the bowl
Fold the two mixtures together until compleaty combined
Shape mixture into bars by pressing into a plastic mold (I just used a zip lock container) and cut into three bar size shapes or form the mixture into desired shapes (balls, squares)
For best eating texture, refrigerate the bars until they are stiffened on a plate
Enjoy or wrap up each bar individually with saran wrap and keep bars refrigerated
Chocolate Walnut Power
Pulse the walnuts a couple of times until the nuts are finely broken but not too dusty
Place walnut bits into a medium size bowl
Blitz the dates, cacao powder and hemp protein powder until they become a paste and place in the bowl (This mixture will be a bit stickier, but it still works fine)
Fold the two mixtures together until complexity combined
Shape
mixture into bars by pressing into a plastic mold (I just used a zip
lock container) and cut into three bar size shapes or form the mixture
into desired shapes (balls, squares)
For best eating texture refrigerate the bars until they are stiffened on a plate
Enjoy or wrap up each bar individually with saran wrap and keep bars refrigerated
