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4 Ingredient Peanut Butter Balls

Four Ingredient Recipes, Desserts & TreatsWhitney Carlson13 Comments
Peanut Butter Balls

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I went into the kitchen to make our cookie dough but decided I wanted something a little more festive.  This recipe is super easy to make and only has FOUR ingredients!

Updated: 1/30/18 to update nutritonal information

Clean Eat Recipe: Peanut Butter Balls

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Mix peanut butter and honey together using an electric mixer until thick (approx 1 minute).

2. Roll into balls and freeze for at least 45 minutes.

3. Combine chocolate chips and coconut oil and heat in microwave for 1 minute. Stir. Heat in microwave for another minute (or until melted).

4. Let chocolate/coconut oil mixture sit out for approx 10 minutes to slightly harden.

5. Once balls are chilled, dip in chocolate mixture.

6. Place balls into the refrigerator to chill.

Note: I made mine into quarter-size balls which made approx 16-18 balls.

Snickerdoodle Crescent Rollups

Desserts & TreatsWhitney Carlson1 Comment

Ingredients:

1/4 cup coconut oil

3 ounces of plain greek yogurt

1/4 cup Ideal Brown No Calorie Sweetener (Xylitol)

1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract (avoid HFCS)

dash of sea salt (approx 1/16 tsp)

3/4+ cup Almond Meal/Flour

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Unsweetened Almond milk (for brushing rolls)

1 Tbsp Ideal Brown No Calorie Sweetener (Xylitol)

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

 

Directions:

1. Beat coconut oil and greek yogurt in a large bowl with an electric mixer for 30 seconds.

2. Add Xylitol, vanilla, and salt and continue to beat until mixed.

3. Slowly add almond meal/flour as you continue to beat the mixture - a dough will form.

4. Divide the dough into 2 round portions. Cover and chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

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Once dough is chilled:

5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

6. With a lightly floured surface, roll each ball of dough into 7-in rounds.  Lightly brush with milk to assimilate flour into dough.

7. Combine Xylitol, cinnamon, and nutmeg.  Lightly sprinkle mixture evenly over dough.

8. Cut each round into 8 wedges.  Roll up each wedge starting with the wide end. Place cookies 1-in apart on a cookie sheet to bake.

9. Bake for 14-16 minutes.

10. Enjoy!

 

Makes 16 cookies.


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P.S. Please note that Xylitol can be toxic to animals so keep this ingredient away from your pets.

Clean Eating Apple Pie

Desserts & TreatsWhitney Carlson3 Comments

What Thanksgiving celebration is complete without a little apple pie? Hold the ice cream and this clean treat will more than satisfy your cravings!

Eat Clean Apple Pie

Oxygen Magazine December 2012, pg 60

Ingredients:

Pie Crust:

Pie Filling:

  • 3 lbs tart, crisp baking apples
  • 3 TBSP almond flour
  • 3 TBSP lemon juice
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 2 TBSP light butter, unsalted, chilled and diced
  • 1/2 cup honey

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Mix almond flour and salt in a food processor to blend. Add remaining ingredients and blend until a ball of dough is formed.

3. Press dough into a 9inch pie pan (or a cake pan in our case!) and cover with a wet cloth. Set aside.

4. Fill a large bowl with water and add 2 TBSP of lemon juice.

5. Core, peel and slice apples, placing in water to prevent browning of apples.

6. Once apples are soaking, drain water and pat apples dry with a clean cloth to absorb excess water and moisture.

7. Add remaining ingredients, including remaining lemon juice to the apples and toss to combine.

8. Remove wet cloth and pour apple mixture into pie crust. Bake for 45-55 minutes until crust is golden and mixtures is bubbling on top.

9. Remove from oven and let cool 1 hr before serving.

Enjoy!