Glo Banana Bar

Good evening Gorgeous!

Let’s get right into it…shall we?

Glo Banana Bars

For my first Glo Bakery product, I wanted to make my homemade Banana Bread Larabars! These are absolutely delicious and only 3 ingredients. After making this batch, I am now convinced that I like the homemade version better than the actual Larabar!! They are that good!

I wanted to make 6 Glo Banana Bars to last me the week so I tripled my ingredients from the original recipe found here.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup dates
• 3/4 cup dried banana (3 bananas)
• 1 cup raw almonds

Directions:

1. Slice 1 small banana. Lay banana on greased baking sheet. Bake 2-3 hours at 175F. flipping once after 60-90 mins. of cook time.

2. Roughly chop 3/4 cup of dates. Add dates and dried banana into food processor. Process for 1-2 mins.

3. Remove from processor bowl, set aside in a small bowl. Add 1 cup raw almonds to food processor and process for 1 min.

4. Add almond mixture to date/banana paste and blend well with hands. Divide into 2 halves.

5. Seperate each half into 3 equal halves forming 6 pieces. Shape into bars.

6. Wrap bars in plastic wrap and refrigerate.

7. Unwrap bar, eat, and enjoy your healthy glo!

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Packaging/Shipping:

– I was thinking of buying a food vacuum sealer to air seal the bars and keep oxygen out. Then, I was thinking of covering the vacuum sealed bar with tin foil to keep out UV light. This process seems similar to how Larabar functions:

Larabar uses “a multi-layer package that keeps out UV light and oxygen, which, in turn, maintains freshness without the use of preservatives.” Larabar claims that their shelf life is 12 months.

Any ideas? :)

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Ok, I need to go start looking over all the Valentine’s Day entries!! I think we got around 20-25 entries :) They are all FABULOUS!! I can’t decide what I want to make for Valentine’s Day!

Have a great night everyone! Healthy dreams ;)

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