Coconut Macaroons

2 cups walnuts, presoaked

1 cup almonds, presoaked

1 cup shredded coconut

12 pitted medjool dates

1 pear

2 teaspoons vanilla

1½ teaspoons almond extract

¼ teaspoon powdered stevia*

Process the nuts, coconut, dates and pear through a juicer using the blank screen. Mix in the vanilla and almond extract and then spoon onto dehydrator trays lined with parchment paper (I prefer not to use plastic when I can avoid it and the parchment paper works great). Dehydrate for 10-12 hours at 105 degrees,

Remove from dehydrator and place an empty tray on top of each tray, flip over and remove the parchment paper. Return to dehydrator and continue to dehydrate for another 3-4 hours.

These are best done the night before so the first dehydration can be done during the night.

Makes about 2 dozen

* Every brand of stevia has a different level of sweetness so you will need to test it first to really know how much to add. When you have the correct proportion you should not be able to taste the stevia, it should just increase the sweetness of other sweeteners so you don't have to add as much of them.

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