Fruit & Nut Bars

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 16
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 118.8
  • Total Fat: 5.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 23.3 mg
  • Sodium: 68.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 18.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
  • Protein: 3.1 g

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Introduction

With lots of natural sweetness from dates and raisins, these bars are nicely balanced with salted, roasted nuts and spelt flour. They will be a hit at the potluck, or at the office! With lots of natural sweetness from dates and raisins, these bars are nicely balanced with salted, roasted nuts and spelt flour. They will be a hit at the potluck, or at the office!
Number of Servings: 16

Ingredients

    2 eggs
    ⅓ cup brown sugar
    ½ tbsp vanilla
    zest of 1 lemon
    zest of 1 orange
    ½ cup spelt flour
    ½ tsp baking powder
    ½ tsp salt
    ½ cup chopped, pitted dates
    ½ cup raisins
    1 cup roasted, salted chopped nuts (your favourite kind or a mix - walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts and pistachios are all great)

Tips

Adapted from Gifts From the Kitchen by Norma Myers


Directions

Preheat the oven to 350F, line an 8” square pan
Beat the eggs in a large bowl until light.
Add the sugar, vanilla and citrus zests, beating well.
Mix in the flour, baking powder and salt until combined, then fold in the fruit and nuts.
Pour into the pan, smoothing the top.
Bake 35 minutes. Cool completely in the pan.

Serving Size: Makes one 8" pan, 16 pieces

Number of Servings: 16

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.