Cherry Pie Larabar

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup dried sour cherries (packed tightly into measuring cup)
• 1/4 cup almonds
• 9 dates (pitted)

Recipe

• 1 using a good chopping knife, begin to coarsely chop your piles of nuts, cherries and dates.
• 2 the dates will be very sticky, but just do you best to slice, and then cube them up.
• 3 combine your piles and chop together.
• 4 it will be pretty rough at first, but just keep chopping and the ingredients will begin to combine and stick to each other.
• 5 once the ingredients begin to stick together, use your knife to squish it into a single mass.
• 6 chop up that mass and repeat.
• 7 the mass will continue to hold together better, and eventually your chopping will be more like taking slices off of the mass.
• 8 if at this point you feel your mix is still too dry, try adding another date.
• 9 continue on until the mass reliably sticks together.
• 10 at that point, you will be able to knead it a couple of times using your hands.
• 11 just fold it over on its self and mush down.
• 12 it will be a little sticky, but not too much.
• 13 press it into a rectangular shape about 3/4″ high.
• 14 using a clean knife, cut the mass into bars.
• 15 they can be wrapped in plastic wrap for later use.