I love to eat a Lara Bar when I head home from the gym or an hour or so after running around the area. I usually only buy Lara bars when they are on sale and I have coupons to make the price reasonable. I sometimes run out of these yummy little bars so I decided to make my own.
I searched and searched the internet for a good recipe. I have been trying to make a few of my own recipes for a couple of other things, so I just wanted help on this one. I needed a break from recipe creating. I found one that looked good so I adapted it a bit, mainly to make it as easy as possible, I hate to make a lot of dishes when I cook. All in all B and I both thought they tasted great and were very much like the original. I cant wait to experience with some new flavors.
Homemade Lara Bar/Power Balls (adapted from Enlightened Cooking!)
- 11 dates, seeds removed
- 1/2 cup of dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup of walnuts
- 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
Get a piece of plastic wrap ready for when you are finished. Place next to food processor.
Add all ingredients in food processor. Process until all the ingredients are processed into small little pieces and almost create a paste.
To Make Balls: Take about a tablespoon of the mixture out of the processor, form a ball and place on plastic wrap. Repeat until you have made balls out of all the mixture. Cover balls and place in refrigerator.
To Make Bars: Take all of the mixture out of processor and create a large ball. Roll out of into a long log. Cut the log into the size you would like. plastic inside plastic wrap and smash down into a thinner bar. Shut up the plastic wrap and place in fridge.
(sharing over at Works For Me Wednesday)
(sharing over at Works For Me Wednesday)
