Fruit-and-Nut Breakfast Bars

Name: Fruit-and-Nut Breakfast Bars
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters dried apricots; 59 milliliters dried plums (prunes); 118 milliliters whole Medjool dates (about 5), halved and pitted; 59 milliliters orange juice; 59 milliliters raw pumpkin seeds (pepitas); 59 milliliters raw sunflower seeds; 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters whole raw almonds with skins

You can never have too many morn meal recipes, so give Fruit-and-Nut Breakfast Bars a try. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 30. One portion of this dish contains roughly 2g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 53 calories. A mixture of sunflower seeds, salt, orange juice, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, primal, and whole 30 diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 30

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Oven

Pour orange juice over dates and let soak 5 minutes.

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Orange Juice

Dates

Meanwhile, place almonds, dried apricots, and dried plums in a food processor and pulse a few times until coarsely chopped.

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Dried Apricots

Prunes

Almonds

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Food Processor

Add salt and dates with orange juice and pulse until mixture starts to stick together.

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Orange Juice

Dates

Salt

Add pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds, pulsing a few times just to incorporate.

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Sunflower Seeds

Pumpkin Seeds

Using wet hands, scoop mixture onto a work surface and form into a log about 1 3/4 in. wide and 1/2 in. thick. Use your palms to flatten into a bar, and cut bar into 8 equal pieces.

Arrange pieces about 1 in. apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Bake 8 minutes. Using a heatproof spatula, turn bars over and bake another 8 minutes, or until nuts are toasted (but before fruit begins to burn). Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days.

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Fruit