Cook's Corner: Cashew bars

>> WELCOME TO COOK'S CORNER. THE FAMILY IS BACK TO REINTRODUCE OUR COOKBOOK, EAT WE,LL MOVE OFTEN, STAY STRONG . PROCEEDS OF THIS COOKBOOK BENEFIT FIT FOR A CAUSE AND CANCER SURVIVORS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. I'M RENEE, A NSEUR PRACTITIONER AT CONRDCO HOSPITAL. I HAVE MY ALMOST NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. >> LAUREN. >> AND MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. > GENEVIEVE. >> GENEVIEVE. >> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ONE. RECIPES OUR CASWHE BARS. ALL YOU NEED FOR THISECIP RE IS A GOOD SIZED FOOD PROCESSOR. LINE AN EIGHT BY EIGHT PAN WITH ALUMINUM FOIL AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE LIFE EASIER. THIS IS VERSATILE. I START WITH A CUP OF CASHEWS DAN LAUREN, ADD A HALF AUP C OF ALMONDS AND GENEVIEVE WILL ADD A QUARTERUP C OF WALNUTSND PROTEIN RICH SEEDS, THAT WILL HAVE THE FATTY ACIDSND A WE HAVE A HALF CUPF O OLD-FASHIONED OATS, ADD THAT IN. PE RFECT. AND I USE A QUARTER CUP OF PROTEIN POWDERND A YOU CAN USE THAT AT HOME AND THIS IS A PEANUT BUTRTE ONE, PERFEC T. YOUR DRY INGREDIENTS GO INTO THE FOOD PROCESSOR AND WE CLIP AND BLEND THIS UNTILOU Y GET KIND OF A FINE, FLOUR CONSISTENC WHEN WE GET TOHIS T FINE FLOUR CONSISTENC YHERE, YOU WILL DRIZZLE IN ABOUT A QUARTER CUP, GO AHEAD, GENEVIEVE, OF PURE MAPLE SYRUP. THESE AREN I THE SPRING SECTION OFHE T COOKBOOK. YOU'RE THINKING SPRING,APLE M SYRUP, JUST STARTING TO FLOW FROM THE TREES. PERFECT. SO WE DID A QUARTER CUP OF PURE MAPLE SYRUP. THE ARTIFICIAL STUFF IS NOT GOING TO WORK. A LITTLE BIT OF SALT. IF YOU NRUTS THAT YOU'VE USED EAR SALTED, I WOULD OMIT TH,IS AND THEN YOU WANT A TEASPOON OF VANILLA EXTRACT. YOUAN WT TO POUR THAT IN. PERFEC T. WE ARE GOING TO BLEND THAT UP ONE MORE TIME. AND ALL RIGHT, ONCE YOU'VE GOT KIND OF A COOKIE DOUGH-LIKE CONSISTENCY. THIS IS GOING TO BE YROU BASE AND THIS IS THE KIDS' FAVORITE PART. WE ADD IN A LITTLE BITF O CHOCOLATE CHIPS. I USE MINI CHOCOLATE CHIPS, DAIRY-FREE IF YOU'VE GOT ALLERGENS, AND WE'RE GOING TO SPREAD THIS INTO THE PAN. YOU CAN PUT THIS IN THE FREEZER AND BE DONE. I LOVE CHOCOLATE ON TOP. WHO DOESN'T LOVE EXTRA CHOCOLATE. WHAT I LIKE TO DO WITH THESE BARS IS PUT IT IN THE FREEZER AND THEN IN ABOUT AN HROU OR TWO HOS,UR TAKE IT OUT COMPLETELY AND IT WILLE B NICE AND FROZEN, AND YOU CAN CUT THE BARS, RIGHT ONTO THE NICE CUTNGTI BOARD. ALL RIGHT, RLGIS, ADD A LITTLE BIT A SEA SALTND A LOOK HOW NEIC AND SHINY THAT IS. OOPS. GOOD. A LITTLE BIT OF COCONUT, A LITTLE BIT OF SEA SALT JUST TO GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE SALT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOINGO T POP THIS INTO E TH FREEZERND A THESE, LOOK RIGHT AT,HO SW EVERYBODY, WANT TO TTEAS ONE? ARE OUR CASWHE BARS AND THE NICE PA RT THEY'RE NOT PROCESSED AND YOU CAN MAKE THEM AT HOME WITH SIMPLE INGREDIENT. CHECK OU OTUR COOKBOOK, FIT FOR A CAUSE STRONG. AND YOU CAN GET THEM AT CONCORD, GIBSON'S, THINKS A