No Bake Nut & Oat Balls

Good morning folks!

Today is going to be a good day, I just know it. I have my morning off work, so I plan on going to the gym, and catching up on my favorite show. I only work two hours this afternoon, and then I will go into town to get some shopping done. Like I said, this day sounds sweet.

Lately I have been trying out all sorts of healthy granola bar, and snack recipes for Dan. Here is the latest, and I love how it turned out. I hope you guys love it too! This recipe makes 24 and each ball has only 58 calories!

All you need is:

• 1 cup of pitted, dried dates
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup of peanut butter
• 1/4 cup chopped, unsalted peanuts
• 1 tsp coco powder
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 cups quick oats

Step one:

Process the dates and water in your food processor until it becomes a paste.

Step two:

On your stove heat up the peanut butter,date paste, chopped peanuts, coco powder and milk on medium heat. Heat it for a few minutes and continue to stir so it doesn't burn.

Step three:

Remove from heat and add the quick oats. Stir until everything is combined. Spoon out small balls and place on wax paper to cool. Enjoy one for me please :)

Have a wonderful day!

-Britt xo

Oatmeal Pumpkin Raisin Cookies (NO EGGS)

Recipe time!

saaaaaayyyy what?

I have about 5 recipes up my sleeve ;) I have just been too lazy busy to put them online! But here I am!
These cookies were my creation yesterday! I was about to start making pumpkin spice muffins, but then I remembered I had no eggs. Sad, sad day. So I decided I would come up with something else. Let me just say that Dan is a fan :) They are like half gone!

These cookies are a bit lighter than a normal ooey gooey cookie. Here is Quebec they would probably call this a "galette" rather than a cookie. This recipe will make 1-2 dozen cookies, depending on how big you make them.
Here is what you need to do to make these babies:

Mix together the wet ingredients in a large bowl:

• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of pumpkin puree
• 1/4 cup of oil (I used olive)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Now mix together the dry ingredients in a separate medium sized bowl:

• 1/2 cup of white flour
• 1/2 cup of oats
• 1/2 tsp each of baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon & nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ginger

Mix the dry into the wet ingredients & add 

• 1/2 cup of raisins

Separate your batter onto a greased baking sheet to make the size of cookies you desire.

BAKE at 350F for 12-15 minutes (or if you make larger cookies, bake for longer)
Yuuuuummm.

xoxo

Baked Pumpkin & Maple Oatmeal

Until this recipe I had NEVER baked oatmeal. Now that I've made this, I think I have been missing out! I know that maple and pumpkin are a little "out of season" but meh! They are always in season in my books! I love pumpkin! Haha. I also made 2 pumpkin loafs and a dozen pumpkin muffins this week. The pumpkin was frozen leftovers from the fall, taken out for this recipe of course! This recipe is a keeper. Fo sho! Of course the recipe was stolen from someone else! The recipe idea credit goes out to: chocolatecoveredkatie.com

Here is what you need to make this yourself! This recipe serves one. When we made it we doubled the recipe. I shall let you decide how much to make :)

• 1/2 cup oats (50g)
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon 
•  1/8 tsp nutmeg,
• 1-2 tbsp maple syrup (depending on how sweet you like your oatmeal)
• 1/4 cup canned pumpkin
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/8 tsp salt

Step one:
In a baking dish mix together the oats, spices, pumpkin, salt, maple syrup, vanilla & milk. Basically mix everything together :)

Step two:
Bake for 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 380F. (Or until it gets firm)

Step three:
Set your oven to broil, and broil the oatmeal for about 3 minutes.
It will give it a nice crispy top!

...And yes, that is icecream you see with my oatmeal ;)

xo have a great night guys!

Candy Cane Oatmeal Cookies

The other night I decided to make a bunch of yummy food for when Dan and I set up the Christmas tree. I had a bunch of candy canes in our kitchen so I decided to do something with them! I thought about making cupcakes.. but I knew we would only eat one each and then I would have to freeze the icing..and blah blah blah. So cookies sounded much easier and they freeze well! So cookies it was! The cookies turned out great..probably because its pretty hard to mess up an oatmeal cookie! Here is what you do:

1- Preheat oven to 350F
2-In a bowl beat 1 cup of butter with an electric mixer on medium for 30secs.
3-Add 1 cup of brown sugar and 1/2 cup of white sugar
  -1 tsp baking soda
  -1 tsp cinnamon
  -1/2 tsp salt
Beat until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl.
4-Beat in 2 eggs and 1 tsp vanilla
5-Stir in 1 1/2 cups of flour
6-Crush and add 3 candy canes to the batter. Mix.
7-Stir in 3 cups of regualr or quick cooking rolled oats.

see the pink candy cane?

8-Time to scoop your desired cookies and place them on a greased baking sheet.

9-Bake for 8-10 minutes (longer if you made large cookies)
VOILA> YUMMY COOKIES...with a christmas-y touch!

xo