Maple Recovery Bites
Energy Balls / Recipes with Maple Syrup
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup dried dates
- 1/4 cup dried apricots
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup (preferably dark syrup for its robust flavour)
- 1/2 cup skim milk powder
- 1/4 cup peanut butter or sesame butter
- 1/4 cup steel-cut or large-flake oats
- 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut
Method
- Soak dried fruits in the water and maple syrup for 1 to 2 hours or cook the fruit/water/syrup mixture in microwave for about 4 minutes.
- Puree in a food processor or blender.
- Place in a large bowl, add all other ingredients except the coconut, and mix with a spoon.
- Form the mixture into balls (wet your hands to avoid sticking).
- Roll the balls in the coconut.
- Keeps up to 1 week in an airtight container in the fridge or 3 months in the freezer.
Nutritional value per portion (2 bites): 238 kilocalories; 31 g of carbohydrates; 4 g of fibre; 9 g of protein; 11 g of fat.
The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers are not in any way responsible for the identification or presence of allergens in recipes or for the classification of any recipe as vegetarian or vegan.
