Pistachio, Date & Almond Bars (Gluten Free)
A beautiful combination of middle eastern flavours - pistachios, dates and ground almonds in squidgy bar form. One of my favourite sweet treats.
Ingredients
- 150 g pistachios shelled
- 300 g Medjool dates pitted or dates soaked to soften for a few hrs
- 2 small ripe bananas
- 3 tbsp tahini
- 1 tsp vanilla extact
- 1 tsp cardamom
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- Pinch sea salt flakes
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 100 g ground almonds
- 50 g porridge oats–gluten-free
- 3 tbsp raw cacao nibs
- 2 tbsp chopped nuts
For the toppings
- Cacao nibs
- Chopped nuts
- Sesame seeds
Instructions
- Pre heat you oven to 180c
- Add the pistachios to your food processor and blitz to a fine crumb. Now add the dates, banana & tahini into your food processor or high-speed blender and blitz until you get a paste.
- Next, add in the vanilla, cinnamon, mixed spice, salt, baking powder. Blitz again, then add in the oats and ground almonds and pulse so that everything is combined.
- Finally, add in the cacao nips and chopped nuts and pulse a couple of times to mix through.
- Grease your baking tray with a little coconut oil, then add the mix to the bottom. Press into the corners, Top with more nuts, seeds and cacao nips–press in a little.
- And then bake for approx 18 minutes.
- Allow to cool a little before eating–if you can!
Notes
Approx 12 servings