🥜 A Healthier, Cheaper, Nut Bar

⏱️ Prep: 15m  |  ⏲️ Cook: 25m

Ingredients:

• 1½ cups mixed nuts (almonds, walnuts, cashews, pecans, macadamia)
• ½ to 1 cup seeds (chia, flax, pumpkin, sunflower)
• ¼ to ½ cup raisins or dried fruit, finely chopped
• 1 heaped tbsp honey
• 2 heaped tbsp nut butter (almond or peanut)
• 3 tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• ½ tsp cinnamon (optional)

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F (140°C/285°F fan). While it heats, line a baking tin with parchment paper (or oiled tin foil) and finely chop ¼ to ½ cup raisins or dried fruit.
2. Put 1 heaped tbsp honey, 2 heaped tbsp nut butter and a splash of water in a large saucepan over low heat. Stir now and then until melted and well combined, about 2 minutes.
3. Take the pan off the heat and stir in 3 tsp vanilla extract and ¼ tsp sea salt.
4. Add 1½ cups mixed nuts, ½ to 1 cup seeds and the chopped dried fruit, and stir until everything is evenly coated.
5. Press the mixture firmly into the tin, packed tight and level right into the corners.
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until lightly golden.
7. [IMPORTANT] Let it cool completely in the tin for 2 hours, or it will crumble when cut.
8. Cut into bars and store in an airtight container.