I'm not altogether excited about chocolate, so I did a little fancy dance with our cottage cookie bar recipe, and came up with these cookie bars that play with goji berries, walnuts, and pecans, a touch of raw cacao, some chia seeds, and our usual spices and seasonings. To my surprise, my husbands likes them a lot -- he's definitely a chocolate chip cookie kind of guy, so I wasn't expecting him to. I find them to be a tasty and satisfying snack, and especially like the way the texture gets chewier by the next day.
ingredients:
1/4 cup chia seeds
1/2 cup flax meal
1 cup boiling water
1/4 cup extra virgin coconut oil
1/2 cup coconut nectar
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp cinnamon
2 tsp ground vanilla bean
black pepper
1 tsp ground whole leaf stevia (optional)
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup hemp seeds
1/4 cup raw cacao
3 cups almond meal
1 cup goji berries
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup chopped pecans
directions:
1. combine the chia, flax, and boiling water, and let sit for 10 minutes (at least)
2. mix in the coconut oil so it melt
3. add the apple cider vinegar, and the coconut nectar
4. add the sea salt, cinnamon, black pepper, stevia and vanilla
5. add the coconut, hemp seeds, and raw cacao
6. add the almond meal
7. stir in the goji berries and chopped nuts
8. press the batter into a parchment lined rectangular baking dish
9. bake at 345 for 45 minutes
10. cut into bars
11. store in an airtight container when cool
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