No Bake, Sugar Free Protein Bars

This is a healthy bar that can be had for breakfast. Filled with the goodness of dates and a lot of dry fruits and seeds, the only sugary part of this recipe is honey. If you want, you can avoid the honey completely.

Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 200 gms Seedless sticky dates

• 200 gms Almonds

• 150 gms Oats

• 20 gms raisins

• 20 gms Sesame

• 50 gms Mixed berries and seeds

• 1 tbsp Honey

• 1 tsp Cardamom powder

Instructions

1. Soak the seedless dates in hot water for 2 hours and then make a paste without adding water

2. Dry roast the oats and grind it to a fine powder (you can retain some of the oats as it is if you wish)

3. Dry roast almonds, raisins, sesame seeds and then crush them

4. Take a non stick pan and add the dates paste

5. Saute it for 3-4 mins after which the dates will start getting thicker

6. In the meantime, line a tray with baking sheet and grease it

7. Add honey and all the other ingredients except oats powder and saute till it gets thicker and there is no moisture

8. Lastly add the oats powder and switch off the flame

9. Put this in the lined tray and refrigerate it for 2 hours

10. Invert it and cut into rectangle bars