Very Cherry Larabar

Ingredients

• 1 cup dates, pitted and roughly chopped
• 1 cup cranberries, dried, Cherry flavored (Ocean Spray makes flavored cranberries.) or dried cherries
• 1 1/3 cups raw almonds
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• olive oil, for your hands

Directions

1. 1

   Using a food processor, process the dates and cranberries until it forms a ball (your food processor will make a weird noise.).

2. 2

   Remove fruit paste from food processor and place in mixing bowl. Do not clean food processor.

3. 3

   Pulse almonds until it looks chopped (a few steps before it turns into almond meal).

4. 4

   Oil your hands. Knead the nuts and cinnamon powder into the fruit paste until the nuts are incorporated.

5. 5

   Shape into a brick and then slice and wrap.