Today's recipe is a marriage of a couple of recipes that I found on Pinterest. Jeff and I collaborated to try to mimic a trail mix bar that I had bought from the grocery store. The problem was that that bar had peanuts in it (something I'm trying to avoid), so after reading the ingredient list on that bar--basically it was peanuts, raisins and honey, we decided to try making our own.
The quantities of ingredients was the only thing we needed help with. One recipe used whole nuts/seeds and honey, but didn't make very many. The other recipe used a food processor to chop the nuts (too finely for our liking. So, we did a bit of both, we roughly chopped the chopped the nuts so that they weren't whole, but were still in pieces.
Here's what we came up with (the container was full--I just didn't think to take the picture until after some were already eaten.
Here's the recipe--change the nuts, fruits any of the ingredients to your personal liking.
2-1/2 c. chopped nuts/seeds (we used almonds, pecans and sunflower seeds
1/2 - 1 c. dried fruits (we used 1/2 c dried cranberries)
1/4 c. unsweetened shredded coconut (I'll use more next time)(if you don't like coconut, omit it and add more nuts/other fruits)
1/4 c. coconut oil
1/3 c. nut butter (we made and used cashew butter)
1/3 c. honey
1 tsp. vanilla
you can use optional spices as well--cinnamon, nutmeg, etc.--we kept them plain
Mix the nuts, fruits and coconut together in a large bowl. Put remaining ingredients into a small saucepan. Heat to melt and mix together. Remove from heat. Add to bowl mixing thoroughly with the nuts mixture.
Dump batter into an 8 x 8 inch square pan that has a piece of parchment or waxed paper bigger than the pan (this will make it easier to get out to cut into bars). Place pan in freezer for 2 hours. Cut into bars/squares. Store in fridge.
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