Yum! Re-doing the homemade clif bars we did a while back to see what we can do without grains, and here’s a GAPS/SCD friendly granola-ish bar.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups soaked, dehydrated almonds
- 1 cup frozen organic strawberries
- 1 cup raisins
- 2 tablespoons Coconut Cream Concentrate from Tropical Traditions- optional, I think, or replace with some coconut oil
- 3 tablespoons honey
- Pinch of sea salt
Ran through the food processor with the metal blade, then pulsed for a little bit until it was nice and blended. The food processor didn’t have a problem with the frozen berries. I used frozen just because that’s what I had on hand.
Spread into a 8×8 Pyrex that I had greased with palm oil, baked at 250 degrees for 30 minutes, cut into bars (squares), returned to the oven at 250 for another 30 minutes, carefully removed with a spatula and allowed to cool upside down. They really were goopy when I took them out of the pan, but stayed together well once cool.
No preservatives, so keep in the fridge. We loved them! Got to soak and dehydrate some more almonds so I can do some more. With the weather warming up, it’s nice to be able to grab something to eat while enjoying the sunshine.
More:
A Clif-type bar with oats
Another snack- Lazy Stovetop Popcorn
and Dried Fruit is great on the run as well
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These were so easy and yummy!!
These look good.:) I guess you could dehydrate them too, and have more available enzymes? Is creamed coconut that comes in hard bars the same as the coconut cream concentrate? And can you measure the almonds after they’re soaked and dehydrated instead of before(probably not much difference)? Thanks in advance for your answers.
I usually use almond meal for baking. Can that be used for these bars in place of the soaked/dehydrated almonds? (Which I assume becomes almond flour after being put through the food processor?)
I think it could
If you soak and dehydrate almonds ….and then cook them does it kill the enzymes?
It does, but the soaking and dehydrating helps them to be more digestible, that’s why we do it
This looks so good! This will be the first recipe I try!