Nutty Vegan Protein Bars

³ Description

with a combination of nuts and rice protein powder, these bars have a very interesting texture.

² Ingredients

•  3 serving (serving = 40 pieces) Great Value Dry Roasted Peanuts
•  1 serving (serving = 1/4 cup) Archer Farms 100% Pure Maple Syrup
•  2 serving (serving = 1 tsp) McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract
•  3 serving (serving = 1 heaping tbsp) NutriBiotic Vegan Rice Protein
•  1/2 serving (serving = 1/2 cup dry) Quaker Old Fashioned Oats
•  1 serving (serving = 1 oz) Market Pantry Cashew Halves & Pieces
•  1 serving (serving = 1/4 cup) Diamond of California Whole Almonds

q Directions

In a food processor, grind 3 oz (3/4C) roasted, shelled peanuts into peanut butter. Transfer to a large bowl and stir in 1/4C pure maple syrup and 2t pure vanilla extract until well combined. Drop in 1 1/2 scoops of rice protein, I used a True Nutrition Cookies & Cream flavor (~45g - Ripped Recipes didn't have the right protein powder in the database). In a VitaMix, grind 1/4C old fashioned oats into oat flour and transfer to the bowl. Then pulse 1 oz (1/4C) cashew pieces and halves for a second to chop them up. Transfer to the large bowl. Do the same thing with 1 oz (1/4C) whole almonds. Then stir everything together until well combined. The batter will be kind of crumbly (you may want to use an extra oz of peanuts in the peanut butter). Place on a sheet of wax paper and flatten the batter to pack it all together. Place in the freezer for about an hour. Take it out of the freezer and cut into pieces. I cut mine into little 1″ bars but they are kind of small.

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