Cashew Bars

Name: Cashew Bars
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 177 milliliters cashew butter; 1 large egg; 237 milliliters finely chopped dried Mission figs; 3 Tbsps flax seeds; 118 milliliters honey; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 Finely shredded zest from lemon; 59 milliliters low-fat milk; 79 milliliters oat bran; 237 milliliters regular rolled oats; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters chopped roasted salted cashews; 237 milliliters whole-wheat flour

Cashew Bars is a vegetarian hor d'oeuvre. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 197 calories. A mixture of milk, lemon zest, roasted cashews, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Line a 9- by 13-in. pan with plastic wrap, leaving an overhang on the 9-in. sides, and coat with cooking-oil spray. In a large bowl, stir together oats, oat bran, flax seeds, flour, baking powder, salt, peanuts, and figs until well blended.

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Baking Powder

Flaxseed

Oat Bran

Peanuts

All Purpose Flour

Figs

Oats

Salt

Wrap

Cooking Oil

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Frying Pan

In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together cashew butter, milk, egg, honey, lemon zest, and lemon juice until well blended.

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Cashew Butter

Lemon Juice

Lemon Zest

Honey

Milk

Egg

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add flour mixture to cashew butter mixture and beat until completely blended. Scrape dough into pan and, with wet fingers or a rubber spatula, pat to fill pan completely and evenly (dough is sticky, so you may need to wash your hands a few times). Chill dough until firm, about 30 minutes.

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Cashew Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Spatula

Frying Pan

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 30

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Oven

Invert pan onto a work surface, lift off pan, and peel off plastic. Using a bench scraper or knife, cut straight down lengthwise through middle, then crosswise to make 16 bars, each 1 1/2 in. wide.

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Dough Scraper