Tried these out for a holiday cookie exchange and I loved them. They also won the “healthiest cookie” award. Good as a desert, snack, or could be used as a workout food on the bike.
Ingredients:
4 cups puffed millet cereal (or puffed rice if you can’t find millet)
2/3 cup raisins
2/3 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup almonds, chopped
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup almond butter
1 cup brown rice syrup
2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions:
In a medium bowl mix the cereal, raisins, cranberries, nuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds.
In a small saucepan combine the peanut butter and brown rice syrup. Cook over low heat for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally until warm and bubbly. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and salt if desired. Pour over cereal the mixture and stir until thoroughly coated.
Wait until cooled slightly, the peanut butter mixture can get very hot, then mold into balls (the size of golf balls). Transfer mixture to a cookie sheet to continue cooling. Tip – it helps to dampen hands, this mix can get very sticky.
Makes 36-40 Power Puffs.
