Bill’s Extraordinarily Good Energy Bar Recipe
Bill’s Extraordinarily Good Energy Bars were originally developed to make a dense high energy no-cook food suitable for backpacking and camping. They are also in response to the difficulty in finding healthy protein bars that do not have hydrogenated oils, soy, corn, corn syrup, wheat, petrochemicals, or artificial sweeteners.
Date nut protein bars can be made with infinite variations so experiment and find your favorite.
Recipe
1 cup pitted dates
1 – 1.5 cups raw nuts or seeds.
Optional:
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa, dark or regular
1/2 cup Fresh apples, blueberries, or cherries, or 1/4 cup unsweetened cranberries
1/2 tsp or to taste Real Salt or Himalayan Pink Salt
1/2 – 1 tsp or to taste cinnamon, ginger, fennel seeds, or other spices.
Process all ingredients together in food processor. If needed, add water 1 tsp at a time while processing to get it just moist enough to hold together when pressed. Either roll into balls, press into bars or loaf, or to make them of uniform size, press into lever release ice cream scoop, melon or meatballer.
One golf ball size portion of this mix is a filling snack or a meal for light appetite. Two is a meal for a hearty appetite.
For nuts/seeds – raw hulled pumpkin seeds are a good source of both omega 3 and omega 6 oils, and are the best choice if a single nut/seed is desired. Walnuts are primarily omega 3 and sunflower seeds and almonds are primarily omega 6, so a mix of these is also good.
