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Send me your questions. Hello friends. It is time for February microdelights, and I have two

related to food and three related to staying cozy. My first pick related to food is King Arthur's

No Bake Chocolate and Date Energy bars. So I have attempted a lot of granola

and Larabar-type knock-offs over the years. And while they have all tasted great, when you're

mashing together things like dates and peanut butter and oats, of course it tastes great. But the big

problem has been consistency. The bars I've tried never seem to hold together when you cut them,

which also makes the prospect of packing them in any way impossible.

Not the case for these unbelievable bars.

If you have been with me for a while, you know that I love King Arthur baking.

I have a very high success rate with their recipes,

both in terms of the process and the output. And so I was definitely intrigued when I saw

these bars come across my feed. I actually waited to make them when Laurel came home earlier

this month because I figured of everyone in my house she would enjoy them most. These bars do involve

nuts in the base, so I was careful around prep and labeling, given the nut allergy on our

house, and they are delicious and hold together beautifully. I followed the recipe to the letter,

but I will say that I did choose to use honey instead of maple syrup. They gave both options

because I figured the stickiness of the honey would help things hold together, per my earlier

concern about structure. The base otherwise is oats, cashews, salt, dates, coconut oil, and vanilla,

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