Sunflower cranberry energy bites
No-bake bites of oats, sunflower seed butter, maple syrup and tart cranberries, vegan and with no nuts at all, so they can go anywhere nuts can’t.
- 35 min total
- 15 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 8
- About $0.60 a serving
- 200 calories
- Good the next day
- Vegan
- Dairy-free
Dolly says: Make the full amount. Whatever’s left keeps for tomorrow.
Ingredients
For 8 servings.
- ½ cup sunflower seed butter, well stirred
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
From your pantry
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
Each serving has about 200 calories, 5 g protein, 23 g carbs and 10 g fat, and costs about $0.60 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
the sunflower seed butter, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon and salt together in a medium bowl until smooth.
Stir. Stirring means moving food around with a spoon or spatula so it cooks evenly and doesn’t stick. Unless the recipe says constantly, every so often is plenty, and it gives food time to brown.
How you’ll know: When you drag the spoon across the bottom, nothing is sticking or scorching.
Add the oats, cranberries and chia seeds and until it all clumps together when you press it with the spoon.
Stir. Stirring means moving food around with a spoon or spatula so it cooks evenly and doesn’t stick. Unless the recipe says constantly, every so often is plenty, and it gives food time to brown.
How you’ll know: When you drag the spoon across the bottom, nothing is sticking or scorching.
Dolly’s tip: Too sticky to hold a shape? Stir in 2 more tablespoons of oats. Too crumbly? Add a teaspoon of maple syrup.Cover the bowl and chill it in the fridge for 20 minutes, so it firms up enough to roll.
Timer: 20 min
Roll tablespoons of the mix between your palms into 1-inch balls.
Heaping. Heaping means a rounded mound piled above the rim of the spoon or cup, not leveled off. It’s a little more than the measure, on purpose.
How you’ll know: The pile sits above the edge of the spoon, and you leave it there instead of scraping it flat.
Dolly’s tip: Damp hands keep it from sticking.Keep them in a lidded container in the fridge and eat them within 4 days.
Dolly’s tip: Two bites and a piece of fruit make a proper snack.
Plan this in Dollop, and get the grocery list
Dollop plans snacks along with the week’s dinners, puts what you need on the same grocery list, and walks you through each step.
