The quot; Who Needs Clif Bars?quot; Bar

Ingredients:

• 1 cup pecans
• 1 1/2 cups raisins or other sticky dried fruit apricots also work great
• 1 egg
• orange zest lots
• cinnamon

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F
• Grind the pecans into a flour-like powder using a food processor Pour into a medium bowl and set aside
• Process the dried fruit in the same way
• in the food processor-- make sure the pieces are good and small This might take awhile If using dried apricots instead
• it might help to slice them in half before adding them to the food processor When finished
• add to the bowl with the pecan flour Add cinnamon and orange zest to taste
• Add the egg to the mix
• and work it into the pecans and raisins with your hands You want the mixture to be drier than cookie dough usually is-- just barely holding together The stickiness of the dried fruit will help the mixture stay in clumps
• Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray
• or use butter Shape your bars out of the mixture-- I usually aim for bars which are about 2 x 4 inches x 3/8-inch thick
• Bake for about 15 minutes
• though watch the edges of the bars-- they can get toasty When the center of each bar is somewhat firm to the touch
• remove from the oven and place on a rack to cool