Primal Protein Bars / Paleo Protein Bars

Today I made some Paleo Protein Bars / Primal Protein Bars based off the recipe on Mark Sisson's Blog.  I doubled all of the ingredients called for and made some changes.  WOW.  These were awesome.  I was tempted to eat the whole batch in a day.  Here is the basic recipe:

• Toast 1 cup of almonds and 1 cup of pecans in oven
• Pulse almonds and pecans to a bread crumb texture
• In a separate bowl add 1/2 cup coconut oil and 1/2 cup almond butter
• Then heat coconut oil and almond butter for 30 seconds in microwave
• Add to liquid mixture 2 eggs, 2 tsp of vanilla extract, 1 tsp honey and some salt and mix
• Add almond and pecan mix to liquid mix
• Fold in 1/2 cup of almond meal (can be made by pulsing raw almonds)
• Fold in 1 cup of chocolate protein powder (I used ON chocolate whey)
• Fold in dried cranberries or blueberries or any other flavors you like (cinnamon, chocolate chips, etc.)
• Press mixture into a loaf pan
• Cook for 10-15 minutes at 325 degree (MAKE SURE NOT TO OVERCOOK- A GOOD AMOUNT OF OIL WILL RISE TO THE TOP - THAT IS GOOD)
• Place in fridge and then cut into bars

The bars came out very good.  I plan on making a few changes next time I make them, such as adding another egg and possibly some other fruit (apples and bananas).  The bars were a bit crumbly and difficult to cut, but overall I would definitely recommend them.  Also I spent about 15-20 dollars and got around 25-30 bars out of it.  So well under one dollar a bar, which is much cheaper than any bars out there.

Here are pretty much all the ingredients I used:

Here are the almonds and pecans after toasted:

Almond butter and coconut oil mixture:

Complete Mixture:

Primal Protein Bars: