Walnut Bar with Cranberries & Maple Syrup

vegan
vegetarian
gluten-free
lactose-free

Ingredients

54 % California walnuts (toasted)
12 % cranberries (dried)
8 % isomalt
4 % maple syrup (golden)
20 % glucose
1 % lemon juice
1 % walnut oil

Description

Recipe developed by Heiko Antoniewicz for the California Walnut Commission.
 
Application

Walnuts are ideal to produce snack bars. Delicious, nutritious, with omega-3 fatty acids and versatile. The market potential of snack bars is still growing.

Preparation

Chop walnuts coarsely and mix with cranberries.

Put the other remaining ingredients in a pot and boil until the mixture reaches approx. 160 °C.

Then fold in the nuts and cranberries quickly but stir carefully. Pour the mixture in a cake pan lined with baking paper. Once mixture is cooled, cut out bars according to desired size.