½ cup cashews, or soaked/prehydrated almonds, chopped into chunks*
½ cup raw honey or a liquid plant sweetener (if you feel like this is not enough, you can add a couple more tbsps)
optional: you can add zest of 1-2 lemons or oranges for beautiful aroma
Instructions
Place all ingredients into a bowl, and combine until it clumps together (I used a spatula to do this)--see image below
Prepare two dehydrator sheets (I use 9-tray Excalibur dehydrator), line them with non-stick sheets over the mesh sheets or two baking sheets (for baking method) line with parchment paper
Dump half of the mixture on each sheet (second image below)
Using a spatula and one hand divide mixture on each sheet into 7 or more equal parts, forming into bars (you can also simply spread the mixture out, if you want to make cereal instead of bars); I would no try to form bars by hands, because at this point he mixture won't stick all the way... except to your hands
Dehydrator Method
Place into a dehydrator, setting timer for 4 hours, and temperature between 115-118 F
It might feel like the bars are falling apart, but that's ok, after a few minutes in the dehydrator the honey will soften and the bars will be more pliable to mold into anything you want them to be, including fun round balls--especially fun for kids
After 2 hours, if needed, press bar mixture tighter, to make sure it does not fall apart, and slide bars over onto the mesh sheets, removing non-stick sheets altogether
Dehydrator for additional 2 hours, take out of the dehydrator and let cool off
Oven Method
Bake at 350 F for 15-20 minutes
Cool off on a cooling rack, so bars do not fall apart
Storing
Store in an air tight container (I prefer to store mine in a refrigerator), but be careful--they might not last long enough to store ;)--I made 14 bars today, and by now we have only 4 left. Hubby said: "It is not my fault you made them so good." And I am okay living with that blame ;).
Notes
*click this link to see why and how to soak/dehydrate nuts
Recipe by Vegalicious at https://www.vega-licious.com/?p=4572