Almond Butter Protein Balls

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Almond Butter Protein Balls

These Almond Butter Protein Balls take about 10 minutes and are packed with delicious almond butter, oats and chocolate chips.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 234kcal

Author: Michele

Ingredients

¾ cup creamy almond butter
¼ cup pure maple syrup
1 cup oat flour (add 1 tablespoon more if too wet and more is needed)
1 pinch sea salt
½ cup vegan chocolate chips

Instructions

First start by blending oats if you are making your own oat flour, if using store bought skip this and move to next step.
In a bowl add your almond butter, maple syrup, oat flour, salt and stir really well until combined.
Fold in the chocolate chips.
Scoop into balls ( I used a 1 ounce cookie scoop) or shape into cookies what ever shape you desire.
Eat right away or place in fridge/freezer to set.
Makes 9 small bite sized cookie bites. Store in the fridge up to 1 week or freezer for up to 2 months.

Notes

Nut Butter: I used almond butter but feel free to use any nut/seed butter you like. If you use something that's more runny you might need to adjust by adding a little more oat flour but you’ll be able to make that judgement call yourself, just know it should look like cookie dough basically.

Oat Flour: For the oat flour, you can use store bought oat flour which is milled a bit more fine so you may need a little bit extra. I took ⅓ cup plus 2 tablespoons regular old fashioned rolled oats and put them in the food processor and blended them until they turned into a fine flour consistency.

If you are concerned with the oat flour being raw you can bake it at 350° F for 10 minutes… this is usually only done with white flour but it’s up to your personal preference.

Protein: If using protein powder use ⅔ cup oat flour and ⅓ cup protein powder. If you want more protein without powders add 1 tablespoon hemp seeds and 2 tablespoon spoon pumpkin seeds to blender with oats for more protein and minerals.

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