Gluten Free Almond Power Bars

By Lynxa

Ingredients

• 2 cups almonds (raw)
• ½ cup flax meal (flax seeds ground in a Vita-Mix (or other high speed blender))
• ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• ½ cup unsalted creamy roasted almond butter
• ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
• ½ cup coconut oil
• 4 drops stevia
• 1 tablespoon agave nectar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips 73% cacao (optional)

Details

Servings 20
Adapted from elanaspantry.com

Preparation

Step 1

1.Place almonds, flax meal, shredded coconut, almond butter and salt in a food processor
2.Pulse briefly, about 10 seconds
3.In a small sauce pan, melt coconut oil over very low heat
4.Remove coconut oil from stove, stir stevia, agave and vanilla into oil
5.Add coconut oil mixture to food processor and pulse until ingredients form a coarse paste
6.Press mixture into an 8 x 8 glass baking dish
7.Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour, until mixture hardens
8.In a small saucepan, melt chocolate over very low heat, stirring continuously
9.Spread melted chocolate over bars; return to refrigerator for 30 minutes, until chocolate hardens
10.Remove from refrigerator, cut into bars and serve

*To make Macadamia Power Bars simply substitute raw macadamia nuts for the almonds and raw macadamia nut butter for the roasted almond butter!