Lara Bar Recipes

These are not exact, I always have to mess around a little with each batch. You want a gooey paste that sticks together, but has a large amount of nuts as well. The directions for all kinds: Combine nuts, dried fruit and spices into a food processor and pulse until well broken, then blend for 10-20 seconds until you can tell a paste is forming. Add drops of water to help with this as needed. Remove from processor into a mixing bowl. Mix with hands, as if you were kneading dough to form a large ball. Spread into a raised edge cookie dish that is lined with saran wrap and push flat with hands. Granola bar thickness is what your going for. Probably won't fill entire sheet. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours. Remove from fridge and flip onto cutting board. Cut into bars and wrap individually with saran wrap. Stays freshest stored in the fridge.
Dates: Pre-pitted and dried

Banana Bread Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup dates
1 cup dried banana (dried from store, but unsweetened)
1 1/3 cup raw almonds
2-4 drops vanilla extract
sprinkle of cinnamon
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Peanut Butter Banana Bread:
1 1/4 cup dates
1 cup dried banana
1 cup raw almonds
1/3 cup dry roasted, unsalted peanuts - can substitute another kind of nut if you don't eat peanuts
1 tablespoon natural creamy peanut butter or almond butter
couple drops vanilla extract
sprinkle of cinnamon
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Cashew Cookie:
1 cup dates
1.5 cups raw unsalted cashews
few drops vanilla extract
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Very Cherry:
1 Cup dates
1 cup dried cherries or cranberries (unsweetened)
1 1/3 cup pecans, almonds, or walnuts (or mixture of them)
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
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Chocolate Coffee: (sorry its in grams, we have a kitchen scale so I didn't measure this in cups)
225 grams dates
300 grams Almond, hazlenut, walnut mix
2 tblsp cocoa powder
2 tblsp cocoa chips
1 tblsp ground coffee (i used hazlenut flavor, med roast)
few drops vanilla
Sprinkle of cinnamon
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Apple Pie:
1 1/4 cup dates for
1 (2.5) oz bag of dried apples
1 cup raw almonds
1/2 cup walnuts
1/4 cup raisins
2-4 drops vanilla extract
sprinkle of cinnamon
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Cinnamon Roll:
1 1/4 cup dates
1/2 cup raisins

1.5-2 cups mixture walnuts, almonds and cashews
drops of vanilla
Lots of cinnamon :)

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Lemon Blueberry - these also work well with dried cranberry!

1 1/2 cups almonds

1 1/4 cup dates

1/2 cup dried blueberries

from 1/2 a lemon: lemon zest and lemon juice

dash of vanilla

lots of cinnamon
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Pumpkin Pie Lara-Bars:

280 gr. Dates
½ cup raisins
300 grams hazlenut, walnut and almond mixture
1-2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice (I used a ½ and it wasn’t enough! I recommend more J)
1 tsp. cinnamon
A small squirt honey
Large spoonful Pure Pumpkin puree (about 1/3 of smaller can)

Put all ingredients except pumpkin puree in food processor and process until smooth. Poor into a large bowl and mix in pumpkin puree. Mix well with hands, it gets thick and sticky…Have your pan ready. Poor into a cookie sheet with ledges. Flatten out into a large sheet, may only cover half, use at least three edges.
Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes until in becomes golden and the moisture gets drawn out. Let cool, flip onto cutting board. Cut into desired squares. Wrap and ENJOY!!