Sun Bars

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups sunflower seeds (hulled)
• 1 cup walnuts or 1 cup almonds or 1 cup pine nuts
• 2 cups pitted dates
• 2 cups raisins or 2 cups other dried fruit
• 1 cup honey
• 1 cup apple juice
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 cups coconut flakes (optional)

Recipe

• 1 place the sunflower seeds and walnuts in a food processor and grind until homogeneous; set aside.
• 2 chop the dates into pieces your blender can handle.
• 3 in a blender place honey, apple juice, cinnamon, vanilla and chopped dates. blend until a smooth texture is reached.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl combine raisins, and nut mix. then stir in the date mixture (you may have to use your hands).
• 5 when the dough is completely mixed, you can either roll in balls and freeze for later (tastes like cookie dough), or you can shape dough into 2 inch balls, roll in coconut and place on dehydrator sheets. dry in dehydrator for for 8-10 hours at 125 -130°f.
• 6 another option is to take two 9 x 13-inch glass baking pan and sprinkle 1/2 cup coconut in each pan. press 1/2 of the dough in each pan, top with remaining coconut and bake in a oven for 2 hours at 150- 200°f.
• 7 if you use an oven, you need to keep an eye on the bars during the last 30 minutes so they don't burn.