Author Notes
For the past few months, I have been playing around with power bar recipes. When I'm on the go, I want to grab something that is packed with nutrition, not too sweet and plenty tasty.
I've made this power bar recipe a bunch of times now and my taste testers (that would be my husband who is a very direct and rather stringent critic) have given it their official seal of approval (that would be eating an entire tray in two days flat). http://www.elanaspantry.com/power-bars/ —elanaspantry
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Ingredients
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2 cups
raw almonds
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1/2 cup
flax meal (flax seeds ground in a vita-mix)
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1/2 cup
shredded coconut (unsweetened)
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1/2 cup
unsalted creamy roasted almond butter
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1/2 teaspoon
celtic sea salt
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1/2 cup
coconut oil
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4 drops
stevia
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1 tablespoon
agave nectar
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1 tablespoon
vanilla extract
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1 cup
dark chocolate 73% (optional)
Directions
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Place almonds, flax meal, shredded coconut, almond butter and salt in a food processor
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Pulse briefly, about 10 seconds
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In a small sauce pan, melt coconut oil over very low heat
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Remove coconut oil from stove, stir stevia, agave and vanilla into oil
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Add coconut oil mixture to food processor and pulse until ingredients form a coarse paste
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Press mixture into an 8 x 8 glass baking dish
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Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour, until mixture hardens
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In a small saucepan, melt chocolate over very low heat, stirring continuously
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Spread melted chocolate over bars; return to refrigerator for 30 minutes, until chocolate hardens
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Remove from refrigerator, cut into bars and serve
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