Peanut Butter Balls (Sort of)

[shanmonster]

I decided I wanted to make peanut butter balls, today, but realized I'm low on peanut butter. This is a great tragedy, because peanut butter just gets more and more delicious to me. However, I sufficed by combining peanut butter with almond butter.

Here's the recipe, more or less, that I jimmied up.

The measurements are approximate because I was adding stuff in dribs and drabs and taste-testing as I went.

a cup and a bit of nut butter (the good stuff, made of 100% nuts, and not the stuff full of sugar and hydrogenated vegetable oil)
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup dried pineapple chunks
3/4 cup powdered milk
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1/4 cup ground flax
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
about 2-3 Tbsp honey (or to taste)

I mashed all this up together, then rolled it into 1.5" diameter balls, put them in a container (layers separated by parchment paper), and stuck it in the fridge. They're pretty tasty, nutritious as all get-out, and filling.

Comments

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Okay, that sounds fairly amazing, but that may be "all I have had is two cans of tuna and a fistful of almonds all morning" talking. :-)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

It tastes even better once it's been in the fridge for a bit. The flavours have had time to mingle. Yum!

[beah.livejournal.com]

That sounds amazing, I should try it!

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

It's even better after a day or two, I'm finding.