bars No-bake grain-free energy bars

By tinathorn

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup dates, roughly chopped and pressed in to the measuring cup
• 1/2 cup golden raisins (you can also try dried unsweetened cherries, cranberries, apricot, or other gooey dried fruit)
• 2 cups nuts
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes (I use these)
• 1/2 cup warmed coconut butter (sometimes called coconut manna or coconut cream concentrate
• pinch of salt
• pinch of cinnamon (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Put the dried fruit in a food processor and pulse until it's well-chopped and getting a little pasty.
Add nuts, coconut flakes, coconut butter and salt and pulse until a nice blobby chunky mixture forms.
Transfer the mixture into a 8x8 square baking dish lined with parchment paper and smush it down evenly into the dish with your fingers.
Put the dish in the refrigerator to cool; after at least 1 hour, remove, cut into bars, and put bars back in the fridge until you're ready for one. (You can also wait and cut bars as needed.)