Cranberry Bars

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup dates (roughly chopped whole dates, not pre-chopped)
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1/3 cup walnuts
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 set out two pieces of plastic wrap for shaping and wrapping the bars.
• 2 do this first; you’ll have sticky fingers when you need it.
• 3 place the dates and cherries in a food processor.
• 4 pulse until processed to a paste.
• 5 transfer paste to a medium bowl (don’t clean processor).
• 6 add the nuts to the processor and pulse until finely chopped.
• 7 add the nuts, along with the cinnamon, to the bowl with the fruit paste.
• 8 use your fingers to knead the nuts into the paste.
• 9 divide mixture in half.
• 10 place each half on each of one of the sheets of plastic wrap.
• 11 wrap the plastic around each bar and start squishing into a bar shape form.
• 12 press against countertop to flatten bottom side, flattening top side and ends with flat of hand.
• 13 tightly wrap the plastic around each bar and store in the refrigerator.