GF DF Baked Muesli bars

I love me some snack and get snackiety if I don't have any on hand. Also I'm a busy gal and don't have time wasting my thoughts on how bloody hungry I am. Having low blood suger this also requires me to keep my body nourished throughout the day so I don't dizzy and more airy-fairy than I already am. No joke just ask my friends. Anyway I loved a good rolled oat muesli bar but my aunty being grain free proposed me with a challenge. Oat-Free, Gluten Free and Dairy Free homemade Muesli bars cause I don't really care for expensive and unsustainable supermarket ones. This is the recipe I came up with and was aproved by my friends as well as paleo palls. Full of nourishing whole foods and a dash of cheeky sweetner if you choose.

Ingredients

100g coconut oil or butter
1/3 - 1/2 cup golden syrup or alternative like honey or maple syrup
1/2 cup each of dried apricots and dates
1/4 cup each of sesame seeds, sunflower seeds & cashews (chopped)
1 1/4 cups of almond meal
1/2 cup dedicated coconut

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees on standard baking setting.
2. Line a tray of your depth of choice with baking paper and/or coconut oil or butter.
3. Melt coconut oil on a low heat in a pot and pur in liquid sweetner of choice once melted. Stir and set aside.
4. Roughly chop dates and apricots. Add to a large mixing bowl with remainder of dry ingrediatnt. Stir and then add liquid mixture and stir again. The mixture should be the texture and density of cookie dough so add more almond meal if the mixture is too wet.
5. Press into tin with clean hands so it is evenly spread ( 2cm to an inch thick). Then press down further with the back of a spoon before placing it in the oven. Bake until golden brown (15 minutes).
6. Once removed from oven press down with spoon again to ensure its tightly packed and allow to cool and setting before demolishing it.


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