Fruity Nutty Bar

Instructions

• 1)

  Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/4.

• 2)

  Line a 20cm/8in or 23cm/9in a square tin with baking paper.

• 3)

  Spread the desiccated coconut onto a baking tray and bake them for 5 minutes until they turn slightly brown, toasty, and begin giving off sweet coconut fragrance.

• 4)

  Set aside to cool. (optional step, but it makes the bars tastier, crispier.)

• 5)

  Toast the nuts once slightly brown, remove them from the oven.

• 6)

  Place the roasted nuts altogether into a bowl. Add the desiccated coconut. Then the brown rice syrup and salt mix them well until they make a chunky consistency.

• 7)

  Remove from bowl and roll out the fruity nuts to form flat 1.5 cm or 1 in a thick bar and roll out into a flat square shape.

• 8)

  Press the goji berries, blueberries, and some of the crushed pecan nuts into the flat bar.

• 9)

  Place the tray into the freezer for a few mins to firm up before cutting.

• 10)

  You can cut them into different shapes and wrap each bar in a cling film or paper to keep fresh, and it’s ready for packed lunch or a hiking trip.