Fruit-and-Nut Breakfast Bars

Iain Bagwell; Dan Becker
Easy to make and very tasty, these bars are pure fruit, nuts, and seedsno pasty fillers. Prep and Cook Time: 30 minutes.
Yield: Makes 8 bars
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup whole Medjool dates (about 5), halved and pitted
- 1 cup whole raw almonds with skins
- 1/2 cup dried apricots
- 1/4 cup dried plums (prunes)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
- 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 300°. Pour orange juice over dates and let soak 5 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, place almonds, dried apricots, and dried plums in a food processor and pulse a few times until coarsely chopped. Add salt and dates with orange juice and pulse until mixture starts to stick together. Add pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds, pulsing a few times just to incorporate.
3. Using wet hands, scoop mixture onto a work surface and form into a log about 1 3/4 in. wide and 1/2 in. thick. Use your palms to flatten into a bar, and cut bar into 8 equal pieces.
4. Arrange pieces about 1 in. apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake 8 minutes. Using a heatproof spatula, turn bars over and bake another 8 minutes, or until nuts are toasted (but before fruit begins to burn). Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
Note: Nutritional analysis is per bar.
Nutritional Information
- Calories:
- 210 (56% from fat)
- Protein:
- 6g
- Fat:
- 13g (sat 1.4)
- Carbohydrate:
- 22g
- Fiber:
- 3.5g
- Sodium:
- 76mg
- Cholesterol:
- 0.0mg




