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Great recipe for Raw Food Protein Bars Like Larabars. This recipe is flour, sugar, butter, oil, egg, and chocolate-free, and doesn't require any heating up. Each bar is naturally sweetened, and has plenty of protein and fiber to fuel you through the day so you can feel good about every bite.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have raw food protein bars like larabars using 11 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Raw Food Protein Bars Like Larabars:

1. Get 30 grams ★cocoa powder (or carob powder) organic or raw cocoa powder preferred.
2. Prepare less than 30 grams maple syrup, concentrated fruit syrup, agave syrup or mochi rice starch syrup
3. Take 20 grams ★seedless and additive-free organic prunes
4. Prepare 1 dash amount ★vanilla extract or vanilla beans
5. Get 1 dash amount ★salt (optinal)
6. Prepare Add Any Other Ingredients You'd Like
7. Prepare as needed roughly chopped organic unbleached dried apricot
8. Take as needed chopped walnuts
9. Prepare as needed sunflower seeds or flaxseed
10. Make ready as needed any other dried fruits such as pineapple, apple or raisin and goji berries
11. Get 3 tsp powdered skim milk is optional (if you are not macrobiotic)

These are very fun and versatile raw food bars. The cashews can be replaced with any nuts, any dried fruits, coconut, oats, or any combination thereof for endless variations. Originally seen at Bunnyfoot Mostly Vegan blog. Pour the processed bar mix into the pan, fold the other half of the wrap over the mix and press firmly into bars.

Steps to make Raw Food Protein Bars Like Larabars:

1. Larabars use date palm for the sweetener, but I substituted that with maple syrup, which is easier to use. Knead all the ★ ingredients well.
2. (It will be easier to use a blender)
3. If the prunes are hard, soak them in hot water for a while to soften them. Make sure to drain the water off well before using them.
4. Adjust the softness of the mixture with the maple syrup and cocoa powder. It will be more nutritious if you can get raw cocoa powder.
5. Add chopped dried apricot, other dried fruits, chopped walnuts, sunflower seeds and knead using a spoon.
6. Shape while pressing the mixture tightly together using a small cookie cutter or sticks. Using disposable plastic gloves is also helpful. You can also gather the mixture in a mound to slice and portion it out.
7. When cutting the dough, it will be easier to cut if you gather the mixture into one clump, store the mixture in the refrigerator for few hours to harden before slicing.
8. I used a spam musubi maker for the one in the picture by pressing the mixture into it, then slicing it up. They are mini-sized bars that are about 4-5 cm in length.
9. Store them in the refrigerator in an air-tight container.
10. I heard in the news that there were certain preserved prunes that were found to exceed pesticide limits, so I recommend using organic prunes.
11. You can find organic and low-fat pure cocoa powder or organic dried fruits on the internet.
12. I heard that raw food diets involve eating organic, unbleached and uncooked food to take full advantage of the ingredients' nutrition. I heard that it's trending in New York right now.
13. I like the crunchy texture of the nuts, so I use them as they are, but you can soak the nuts in water over night and drain the water before using them, too. Make it as you like.
14. If you want to reduce the amount of syrup to use, add more prune, which will make it easier to bring together.
15. Using only prune and adding erythritol (sweetener extracted from the luohanguo fruit) for the sweetening is also delicious. (Be careful not to use unhealthy sweeteners)
16. You can also get imported puréed organic prune in a jar, so you can use that, too. It is less sticky.
17. . This one is without cocoa powder. Fig Logs Like Larabars

These homemade larabars can be individually wrapped and stored in the freezer for fast-on-the go snacking and they freeze well. The first non-negotiable ingredient in every homemade Larabar recipe is nuts. You can make granola bars without nuts, and you can make homemade protein bars without nuts. If you're nut-free, I'd recommend trying one of those recipes. Nuts provide most of the structure of a homemade (or store-bought) Larabar.

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