Chewy Dried Fruit & Seed Bars Recipe from: Rancho Vignola, Armstrong, BC

• 1⁄2 cup Pumpkin Seeds
• 1⁄4 cup Sunflower Seeds
• 2 Tbsp Sesame Seeds
• 2 Tbsp Chia Seeds
• 2 Tbsp Flax Seeds
• 2 Tbsp Poppy Seeds
• 1⁄2 cup packed Dried Apricots, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup Cranberries, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup Goji Berries
• 1⁄4 cup Dried Mulberries
• 1⁄4 cup Raisins

Date Paste

• 1⁄2 cup (packed) Medjool Dates, pitted, chopped
• 75 mL Hot Water
• 1⁄4 cup Homemade Peanut Butter (or any 100% Nut Butter)
• Pinch of Sea Salt

Makes 12 Bars

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Soften the Dates in 75 mL hot water and set aside.

In a large bowl, mix all Seeds and Dried Fruits.

To the Dates and Water, add the Nut Butter and mash into a smooth paste, using your hands or a mixer. Add the Date Paste to the Seed and Fruit mixture and stir until well combined.

Press the finished mixture firmly into molds, then turn out onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 8 minutes on your oven’s convection setting.

Let cool completely and store in the fridge. The flavour and texture becomes more pronounced after a day.

• Pumpkin Seeds – Styrian, Raw, Hulled – ORGANIC
• *NEW* Sunflower Seeds – Raw, Shelled
• *NEW* Sunflower Seeds – Raw, Shelled – ORGANIC
• Flax Seeds – Brown – ORGANIC
• Sesame Seeds – Raw, Hulled – ORGANIC
• Sesame Seeds – Raw, Natural – ORGANIC
• Chia Seeds – Black – ORGANIC
• Apricots – Jumbo
• Apricots – Jumbo – ORGANIC
• Cranberries – Sweetened
• Cranberries – Sweetened – ORGANIC
• *NEW* Cranberries – Juice Sweetened
• Raisins – Sultana – ORGANIC
• Raisins – Thompson – ORGANIC
• Raisins – Thompson, Select
• Currants
• Goji Berries – ORGANIC
• Mulberries – White – ORGANIC
• Dates – Medjool
• Dates – Medjool – ORGANIC