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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Cakes => Topic started by: cookie1 on September 16, 2014, 09:42:55 am
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Nut Bars
serves quite a few as it is rich
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups of raw cashews
1 1/2 cups dates, pitted
1/2 cup almond butter
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 1/2 cups 60% or higher chocolate blitzed in thermomix.
1 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil
Preparation
Place cashews in bowl, and grind at speed 9 until a fine powder.
Add dates, almond butter, maple syrup, coconut flour and vanilla. Use :: until it comes together in a sticky, gooey mess.
Press into a 20cm square tin that has been lined with paper.
Place in fridge several hours until firm.
Combine chocolate and coconut oil, speed 1, 50 degrees until melted together.
Pour over the base and refrigerate.
When cutting I found it easier to use a knife that I had put under hot water.
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Sounds nice cookie.
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Love the sound of these, will make, thanks Cookie. :D
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Must try these for DS as he is on the Paleo way; however they do sound yummy and we would eat them if he doesn't.
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Here is the mixture before I put the chocolate on it. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/09/16/y3ubagat.jpg)
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Mmmm looks edible as it is cookie ;)
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Looks delicious Cookie. 8)
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It is. As it is so sticky it's hard to get out of the bowl. I did my best, then used my fingers to scrape it out and ate it.
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It is. As it is so sticky it's hard to get out of the bowl. I did my best, then used my fingers to scrape it out and ate it.
Well what else could you do Cookie, sounds fair to me. ;D
I just need to buy dates and chocolate to make these. Did you use Medjool dates Cookie?
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I actually used dried dates.
Here it is chocolate coated before cutting.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/09/17/hyrabe3e.jpg)
It's on a green cutting board, hence the green tinge.
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Chocolate always finishes off a slice, yummo Cookie.
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Looks lovely Cookie. I bought the normal dates and I made the almond butter first. The slice is now in the fridge. Will do the choc top either late today or will leave to the morning. The mixture tastes wonderful Cookie. I would love to work out the calorie count somehow. Will have to google. :D
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Looks lovely Cookie. I bought the normal dates and I made the almond butter first. The slice is now in the fridge. Will do the choc top either late today or will leave to the morning. The mixture tastes wonderful Cookie. I would love to work out the calorie count somehow. Will have to google. :D
I would also be interested in the calorie content - it sounds way too delicious to be a low calorie treat, though :(!
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It will be high in calories as it has so may nuts in it. I will try and do it on My Fitness Pal for you. It may be a while though as we are off to the car National Meet tomorrow.
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No worries Cookie, whenever, no rush. A piece now and then won't hurt, I've made this for my DH to take to work, but I've had a piece and I think it's really good. :D
I've taken photos but Photobucket is playing up at the moment, so will try later to upload the photo.
Enjoy your trip away. ;D
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Wow Cookie that look certainly extra good now :D
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These are so nice. The only thing different I will try next time is after milling the cashews I will remove from the bowl, add the dates and press Turbo once or twice just to chop slightly before adding the rest of the stuff in. So nice and all natural, even made the almond butter. Thanks Cookie. :D
I cut into 25 small squares. Will definitely make again.
(http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii26/ragdoll128/New%20Sweet/IMG_7236_zps6d0c992a.jpg) (http://s260.photobucket.com/user/ragdoll128/media/New%20Sweet/IMG_7236_zps6d0c992a.jpg.html)
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Wow JulieO they look amazing. I think without the chocolate they wouldn't be too bad for you in smaler quantities, with the nuts they while high in calories they would be high in good fats and quite a good pick me up after exercise. I might look at making some into small balls to have as a pick me up.
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Yay, a JulieO photo again - thanks Julie ;D
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Thanks Judy and Wonder :D
Wonder, I think rolling into small balls would be a great idea and you could dip some into the melted chocolate if you like (I used 70%).
It's like anything, if only having one or two small pieces it won't hurt at all. I got 25 squares out of the 20cm tin, so yes, only small but still a perfect size to have with a coffee. They taste wonderful. I just had to confirm this with my coffee this morning. ;D
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JulieO how did you make the almond butter?
Is it the usual nut butter recipe or some thing else?
Thank you.
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Boo this is what I did, so easy and nothing else added. It makes about 2-3 tbs more than is needed. :D
Almond butter – will make a bit more than needed in the recipe.
200g raw almonds
Place the nuts in the TM bowl and grind 1 min/speed 7.
Scrape down bowl and repeat a few times, allowing 30 secs between grinds until desired smoothness.
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Oh wow Julie your photos are always make food look so gorgeous. 8)
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Thank you JulieO.
Easy peasy!
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I made my almond butter they same way JulieO. I love the idea of rolling them into balls. I found that the 70% chocolate isn't really sweet! but of course has the fat.
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Planning on making these this weekend. I think I will change the method slightly, though, and grind the cashews and set them aside first, then make the almond butter and carry on from there (maybe using slightly less than 200g, perhaps 180g?, of almonds so that I have the correct quantity of butter at the end).
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Cuilidh, if 180g is enough let us know so I can amend the recipe. I made the slice in my second bowl as the first one got warm grinding the nuts into butter. I didn't want to wait for it to cool down, though it probably wouldn't have mattered really. :)
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Cuilidh, if 180g is enough let us know so I can amend the recipe. I made the slice in my second bowl as the first one got warm grinding the nuts into butter. I didn't want to wait for it to cool down, though it probably wouldn't have mattered really. :)
Now the pressure is on!! How much over the measure was the 200 g Julie?
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Cuilidh, I think about 2-3 tbs but don't hold me to that, as once I'd measured off how much I needed for the recipe, what was left over was sampled now and then as I was cooking :-)) Yummy! ;D
Use the 180g, I'm sure it will be enough but even if it's not, it won't be too far off. It won't matter too much, just make a note to try 190 next time. :D
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Can't wait to make these. Time to order more baking supplies from my coop.
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Must give these a go. Thanks girls for the info.
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Made today and turned into balls. Some I rolled in coconut and the others I dipped in dark chocolate. Very lovely thanks cookie but not sure which ones I like best.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/09/20/ze8yqahy.jpg)
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Very scrummy Kimmy ;D
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Keep testing them Kimmy, you'll eventually decide by the time they're all gone ;)
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They look good Kimmy.
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They look great Kimmy. :D
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Delicious Kimmy, I would have to keep trying to see which I preferred too.
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Yours look much better then mine, Kimmy. Did you make your own almond butter? I did and used about 190 gm of almonds and ended up with quite a bit of butter left over, so, for those making the butter I would guess at perhaps 140 gm of almonds (having said that, I believe my scales do not weigh true, but I think you would be safe with 140 gm).
I also used medjool dates and made the mistake of not pre-chopping them before adding them to the jug, my poor TMX struggled bravely, so I had to rescue it in the end and just poured everything into the tray but it was fine ... a bit chunky, but fine. The end product tasted lovely, perhaps don't look nearly as well as everyone else's, but they are very nice nonetheless.
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Yes I made my own almond butter using Julie's method and weighed half a cup which was around 120g.......I ate the rest 😁 my Tmx struggled too. Have noted to chop medjool dates with cashews next time.
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Quick question please:
Can you taste the coconut? DH seems to have gone right off coconut just now.
Thanks.
PS They look great.
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These look delicious. Thank you for all the beautiful photos.
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Quick question please:
Can you taste the coconut? DH seems to have gone right off coconut just now.
Thanks.
PS They look great.
I couldn't taste the coconut in my batch.
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I could taste it DJ...but it's subtle.