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Easy No Bake Ginger Slice

Name: Ginger Slice
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 195 min
Ingredients: 1 ½ cup Cashews; 14 Medjool Dates (seeds removed); ½ cup Oats; ½ cup Unsweetened Coconut Flakes; 1 ½ cups Coconut Butter; ½ cup Raw Honey; ½ teaspoon Vanilla Bean paste/Vanilla essence; 3 teaspoons Ground Ginger Powder; ¼ teaspoon salt; 4 tablespoons tap water

This Ginger Slice is healthy and simple to make . The base is chewy and soft, with a silky smooth velvet ginger top, infused with notes of vanilla, coconut and honey. With a food processor you can make this slice in less than 15 minutes, and because it sets in the fridge, you don't even need to turn the oven on.

a stack of 3 ginger slice pieces on a plate

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Why This Ginger Slice Works

Perfect for days where you feel like baking, but don't want to turn the oven on
Perfect combination of soft, chewy, silky and smooth
You can easily increase or decrease the level of ginger according to your preferences
Its make with whole food ingredients, so no refined flours, sugars or grains
No sugary condensed milk
Its sweetened with dates and raw honey, but you can use maple syrup if you prefer
It keeps in the fridge for a week
It makes 12 generous sized portions, or 24 smaller bite sized portions
Great for lunchboxes, mid morning snacks and even works as a dessert.
It's a traditional Aussie/New Zealand recipe with a modern twist

For more no bake low sugar/no sugar bars, check out these Chocolate Coconut Bars and these Chocolate Weetbix Bars.

Ingredients

Base

Top

Ingredient Notes

Ginger: The fresher your ground ginger is, the more ginger flavour the slice will have. Ground ginger powder that is old, will have lost much of its flavour and will have a bitter aftertaste.
Dates: I don't recommend using regular dates. Medjool dates are best as they are sweet and juicy and have lots of flavour.
Coconut: Unsweetened coconut flakes are better that desiccated coconut as it adds more texture and flavour to the base.
Coconut butter: is available from health food stores or online. The bran I use is Niulife and you can buy it online here. Any coconut butter would work, but do make sure to buy coconut butter, and not cocoa butter. There really is no substitute for coconut butter, and I wouldn't recommend using anything else. I tried lots of substitutes and none came close to this one made with coconut butter.
Raw honey: is honey that is just honey, with nothing else added, available at mainstream supermarkets. You could substitute Maple Syrup if you prefer.
Oats: Any type of oats will work. Quick instant, or the bigger style oats.

Here's How To Make This

Step 1: Make the Base First

Add all the ingredients for the base into a food processor and blitz to combine. Depending on how powerful your food processor is this could be up to a couple of minutes. Blitz until you have a crumby biscuit like texture.

base ingredients in a food processor before blitzing — Before Blitzing

Base ingredients in a food processor after blitzing — After Blitzing

Step 2: Press Base Into Tin

Press into a tin lined with foil that goes up all sides of the tin (see full recipe notes for size of tin and alternatives)

ginger slice base pressed into rectangle tin

Step 3: Make the Ginger Filling Tip

Clean the food processor first. Place all ingredients for topping into food processor and blitz for 1 minute, or until it looks like a flaky crumbly texture. When you touch it, it will feel soft and silky.

Spoon out topping onto base, spreading evenly using a dessert spoon to get into the corners of the tin. Use your fingers to firmly press down to get a smooth finish.

ginger slice top layer ingredients in food processor before blitzing — Before Blitzing

ginger slice top layer ingredients in food processor after blitzing — After Blitzing

Step 4: Set in Fridge

Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3 hours before serving. Cut into 12 even slices with a sharp knife. For best results, clean knife in between cuts. Store in the fridge in an air tight container for upto 7 days.

ginger top layer pressed down onto base layer in tin

Expert Tips

Coconut Butter: Coconut butter is not the same as coconut oil and does not need to be melted in the microwave. Coconut oil cannot be substituted for coconut butter.
Tin Size: I used a large metal loaf tin, measuring 26.5cm in length, and 11 cm wide (10.5 inches long by 4.5 inches wide)
Lining the tin: I lined the tin with foil both widthways and lengthways to make it easy to get the slice out and to ensure they would be no sticking. You could use baking/parchment paper for this also. However I found the foil to be a bit more durable.

Your Recipe Questions Answered

How do I know if my ginger is too old

The best way to tell is to taste it. Sprinkle a little onto a spoon, and dip a wet finger into it. If the ginger taste is not prominent, or hardly there, its best to discard it and buy a new one. Using old ground ginger in a recipe in higher quantities won't bring it back to life if you can barely taste the ginger flavour in the first place.

Where can I buy coconut butter

I am yet to find coconut butter in mainstream supermarkets in Australia, and so I buy mine from health food stores, either online or locally. You can also buy coconut butter online from amazon. Note that Cocoa Butter is not the same as Coconut Butter - they are two different things.

What can I substitute for coconut butter

I would not recommend substituting another type of butter for coconut butter. I tried many different ones during recipe testing, I just didn't find them to be satisfactory. None of the nut butters I tried resulted in the same silky, velvety feel of the coconut butter.

Will Tahini work instead of coconut butter?

No as the taste and flavour of tahini is too overpowering and I found it creates a weird taste combination with the ground ginger.

Can I use a muffin tray to make these

Yes! I would recommend using a regular sized muffin tray and if using a metal try, use paper inserts to make it easier to get them out. This is great if you want to avoid or can't be bothered having to cut up the slice!

two pieces of ginger slice on top of each other on a plate

This Ginger Slice recipe is a healthy twist on an old classic that is traditionally high in sugar and processed ingredients. This version still retains that chewy textured base, and silky smooth ginger top, but with more natural ingredients, sweetened with dates and pure unrefined honey.