Recipe: Homemade Larabars

Ingredients

• 2 Cups (pitted dates, raisins, dried cherries, craisins, dried figs)
• 1 Cup (raw, unsalted cashews, peanuts or walnuts)
• optional: 2 tablespoons natural peanut butter, coconut or almond butter
• optional: dark chocolate chips, flaked coconut

Instructions


1. Pulverize nuts in a food processor.
2. Add either pre-chopped dates or figs, or whichever dried fruit you've chosen.
3. Process until the mixture begins to bond.
4. Add any final, optional ingredients of your choice and process until fully bonded.
5. Turn mixture out into saran wrap-lined loaf pan. Press into pan.
6. Slice into bars and store separately wrapped bars in an airtight container.

(-thanks skinnymom)