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I am sure date sugar would suffice. It's just dried pounded dates which have their own health benefits. Raw whole ones taste just liek caramels!
That's a good idea. I'm sure it would work. Can raw date sugar be purchased, or is it something that can be made at home?
I have to admit, I make most of my own stuff, but I start to get glassy-eyed looking at recipes that require me to "make" most of the ingredients required to then make the finished dish.
I attempted to make date sugar at home. I wasn't successful.
I dehydrated (at 105 F) pitted deglet noor dates for about 36 hours. (I chose them because they are so dry anyway.) Tried to pulverize them in a Vitamix and a Cuisineart. The dates, which felt dry and hard when I took them out of the dehydrator, turned into a sticky ball in the machines.
Fortunately, I discovered coconut sugar at my local HFS. Although not raw, it's an option I'm willing to live with. I used it to make the buckwheat bars in Living Raw Food, and they turned out smashingly.
I've made the buckwheat bars and honestly, I just used maple syrup. It takes a little bit longer to dehydrate, but were still amazing!