My husband and I are always looking for ways to incorporate more oats in our diets (oats help lower cholesterol!) and for more protein as we were told we were not eating enough protein throughout the day. And we love Peanut Butter. So when I found this recipe I knew right away it was a winner, I just wanted to tweak it a bit. My “Healthy-ish Peanut Butter Balls" are adapted from my coupon guru Mrs.January.com’s “Healthy Peanut Butter Balls Recipe”
Ingredients:
- 1 Cup Quick Cooking Oats
- 1/2 Cup Ground Flax Seed ( I omit this as I don’t have any.)
Instead, I put in:
- 1/2 Cup Crushed Nuts (Almonds, Walnuts, mixed etc…)
AND
- 1 /2 Cup of Milk Chocolate Chips (When I first found this recipe, I instantly went “Oohh.. Those look good! I would add chocolate”. True Story. Always Milk Chocolate. Story of my life.)
- 1/2 Cup Peanut (I use chunky) Butter
- 1/3 Cup Honey
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla (I omit this)
- 2 Teaspoons Cinnamon (I skipped this part, in fact I don’t think I read it as I would have so put these spices in)
- 1/2 Teaspoon Nutmeg (See above)
- 1/2 Cup Shredded (I use unsweetened) Coconut
Instructions:
1. Add all of the ingredients into a bowl and mix well. (My husband CLAIMS he hates coconut, so I add the coconut in first and then dump the oats in to cover the coconut while he is not looking. He loves these Peanut Butter Balls, so shhh… don’t tell him!)
(We store our peanut butter in the fridge so I soften it in the microwave for about 10 seconds; I want it soft, not melted.)
2. Refrigerate for about 15 minutes.
3. Roll into balls and enjoy! (I try to keep one hand clean while assembling these; I prefer the squeeze in one fist and have oddly misshapen Peanut Butter Balls.)
Makes 12 peanut butter balls.
Supper yummy. I double the batch and freeze them for snacks throughout the week.
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