No Bake Picota Cherry Cheesecake Bars

Name: No Bake Picota Cherry Cheesecake Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For the base:; 1 cup medjool dates; 4 tbsp agave/maple syrup; 1 tsp almond extract; 1.5 cups pecans; 1/2 cup buckwheat; 2 tbsp coconut oil; 1/4 tsp salt; For the Cashew vanilla filling:; 2 cups cashews, soaked in hot water for 30 mins; 1/3 cup agave/maple syrup; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 cup full fat coconut milk; 1/2 lemon, juiced; For the Cherry filling:; 2 cups of European Picota cherries, halved and pitted; 3 tbsp agave/maple syrup

5 steps

Prep:20minCook:20min

Sweeten up your week with these dreamy no bake Picota cherry cheesecake bars. Gluten and refined sugar free and so simple to make! Serves: 4

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:48:20 GMT

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 cupmedjool dates

4 Tbspagave syrup

1 tspalmond extract

1 ½ cupspecans

½ cupbuckwheat

2 Tbspcoconut oil

¼ tspsalt

vanilla filling

For the Cashew

2 cupscashews

soaked in hot water for 30 mins

⅓ cupagave syrup

2 tspvanilla extract

½ cupfull fat coconut milk

0.5lemon juiced

For the Cherry filling:

2 cupsPicota cherries

European, halved and pitted

3 Tbspagave syrup

Instructions

Step 1

1. Line a loaf tin with parchment paper. Add all base ingredients to a food processor or high-speed blender and blend until it forms a dough. Press evenly into loaf tin and set aside to chill in the fridge.

Step 2

2. Blend all cashew filling ingredients together for at least 8 minutes, until super smooth and silky. Pour into a bowl and rinse out the blender.

Step 3

3. Add most of the cherries and agave to the blender and process until smooth.

Step 4

4. Spoon heaped tablespoons of cashew vanilla and cherry filling on to the base and swirl with a chopstick to combine.

Step 5

5. Top with remaining cherries and set aside to firm up in the freezer overnight. Let thaw for 20 mins before slicing and eating.