Nut and cranberry bars
Serves 4-6

Gluten-free, wheat-free, sugar-free, yeast-free, soya-free, dairy-free, casein-free, lactose-free, egg-free, peanut-free, corn-free, vegetarian, vegan

 

These nut bars are delightfully crunchy and they will give you lots of energy for the day ahead. It’s best to prepare them in advance so that you can just take them from the freezer whenever you want them.

You can buy hazelnut butter in health food shops.

 

50 g toasted almond flakes

40 g ground almonds

75 g pecan nuts

90 g macadamia nuts

100 g hazelnut butter

60 g dried no-added-sugar cranberries

3 tbsp Sweet Freedom

 

1. Break the pecan and macadamia nuts into tiny pieces by putting them in a plastic food bag and hammering them with a rolling pin, or blitzing them in an electric chopper for a few seconds. The aim is not to pulverise them, just to chop them into smaller pieces.

2. Line a container suitable for freezing with some cling film or baking paper.

3. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. You may find that using your hands will be the easiest way to do this.

4. Press the nut mixture firmly into the container and place in a freezer for at least 4 hours.

5. When you’re ready to eat the nut bars, take the container out of the freezer and cut into bars. Serve partly frozen.

 

What to do with leftovers

Since these nut bars are meant to be kept in the freezer, you don’t really have to worry about leftovers. However, you could cut small cubes out of the bars and include them in your Fruit, nut and chocolate platter: they taste great with some chocolate drizzled over them.