Desserts
All of the Fig — None of the Newton — Bars!
20 minServes 12–16
Sometimes you — or your kids — want something sweet, which can wind up being a mess for your healthy, whole-food diet. That inspired me to grab the simple fig paste I'd made and try an easy, healthy replacement for my less-healthy childhood treat. It turned out to be even easier than I'd thought — check this out!
Ingredients
- 1 cup ground dried organic figs, ground to a paste
- 1/2 cup organic hemp seed
- 1/2 cup salted pumpkin seeds, ground (sprouted and salted is great)
Instructions
- 1Cut the figs into smallish pieces and process by pulsing in a strong food processor. If you do not cut them up into bits first, they will gum up in your processor — trust me on this one! Once the processor is running easily, leave it in the 'on' position until the fig bits gather into a ball, about 1 minute.
- 2Take about 1 cup of the fig paste and put on a large plastic cutting board or silicone baking mat. Press with your hands or a rolling pin into a disk about 1/4 inch thin.
- 3Sprinkle a mix of the hemp seed and pumpkin seeds over the disk and press in with your hands. Flip the disk and repeat. Do this a few more times until the figs are holding as much of the seed as they can.
- 4Start cutting the disk into rectangular strips that when folded over form a sandwich bar square.
- 5Store in the fridge — if they aren't all grabbed up right then!
Jennifer's tip
Cutting the figs into small pieces before processing is essential — whole figs will burn out your food processor motor. Ask me how I know.
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