Ingredients
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- 2 cups almonds (raw or crispy nuts)
- 1/2 cup flax meal (flax seedsground in a blender)
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut (use the code STEWARDSHIP for 10% off at that site!)(unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup unsalted almond butter (like peanut butter, made from almonds instead)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (Use the code kitchenstewardship for 15% off of your first purchase)
- 1/2 cup coconut oil (use the code STEWARDSHIP for 10% off at that site!)(unrefined is best; could probably sub butter here)
- 1–2 Tbs honey
- 1 Tbs maple syrup
- 2–3 teaspoons homemade vanilla extract (or at least real)
- a few squares dark chocolate, less than half a bar needed for thin layer (optional)
Instructions
- Place almonds, flax meal, shredded coconut (use the code STEWARDSHIP for 10% off at that site!), almond butter and salt in a food processor
- Pulse briefly, about 10 seconds
- In a small sauce pan, melt coconut oil over very low heat,
- Remove coconut oil from stove, stir sweeteners and vanilla into oil
- Add coconut oil mixture to food processor and pulse until ingredients form a coarse paste
- Press mixture into an 8 x 8 glass baking dish
- Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour, until mixture hardens
- In a small saucepan, melt chocolate over very low heat, stirring continuously
- Spread melted chocolate over bars; return to refrigerator for 30 minutes, until chocolate hardens
- Remove from refrigerator, cut into bars and serve
- Makes 20 bars