Sticky Nut Bars- YUMMY

Sticky Nut Bars- YUMMY

10-15  fresh dates (chopped)
2 tbsp water
2/3 cup organic peanut butter (salted) or almond butter
1 cup mixed nuts, I use almonds, raw cashew nuts & pistachio (coarsely chopped)
1/4 cup coconut flakes- raw not sweetened
1/4 cup sunflower seeds or pumpkin

1/4 cup sesame seeds

3 T. rosehips tea (Rose hips are the fruit of rose bushes and, when fresh, can have more than 60 times as much vitamin C as one orange)

3 T. cacao nibs

1/2 cup dried fruit ( raisins, yellow raisins and goji berries, currants, dried cherries)
1/2 tsp salt

Coat bake & roast pan with parchment paper. In 3qt saucepan, stir together dates, water and almond butter and place over low heat. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir until the dry ingredients are coated. Add some more nuts if the mixture feels too moist and some more water if it is too dry. Pour the mixture in the bake & roast pan and put in the fridge for half an hour. Cut them into squares before serving. Store them in an airtight container in the fridge.
If you don’t like them sticky you can instead make them as cookies, by baking them in the oven for about 20-25 minutes at 350°. On a saladmaster cookie sheet of course!!

Wolfberry-Goji Berries are a very rich source of vitamin C, having 500 times more vitamin C per ounce than oranges, actually more almost any fruit you could name. They are also a superb source of vitamin A, not surprising because they are a really pretty red color. Goji berries also have vitamins B1, B2, B6, and E; they are becoming a famous antioxidant.