Wknd Baking - Almond Butter Granola, Granola Bar Cake Squares, My own version of an Adventure Cookie

 

Almond Butter Granola

 

Ingredients

1-cup of multi-grain oats
2 heaping spoonfuls of almond butter
2T of organic honey
1tsp of cinnamon
1tsp of vanilla extract












Directions

1. Combine almond butter/honey and microwave until fully melted
2. Add in cinnamon and vanilla extract
3. Stir in oats
4. After mixing, spread on a cookie sheet and bake for approximately 15-minutes
5. Voila

This recipe deserved a 'holy yum'!

 

*totally stole the recipe for peanut butter granola off of Peanut Butter Fingers (but I subbed in almond butter, obv)Click the link and check out her site. She's a new favourite of mine and she has some fantastic recipes on her site. 

 

 

Granola Bar Cake Squares

 

Ingredients
1-cup of multi-grain oats
4 mini packs of stevia
1tsp baking powder
1/2-cup of egg whites
1T of chia seeds
1T hemp hearts
1T ground flax
1T vanilla extract (cause I put this in everything)
1T cinnamon (and this..)
1-scoop of vanilla protein powder
1/2-cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 heaping tsp of epicure pumpkin seasoning

*Note: you definitely don't have to use chia seeds, hemp hearts or ground flax. I use these ingredients for health benefits

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350-degrees
2. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl
3. Mix all wet ingredients in a bowl
4. Mix both dry and wet ingredients and pour into a coconut oil greased pan
5. Bake for approximately 20-minutes
6. Cut, serve, enjoy!

 

 

Now to my favourite recipe from thee weekend.

 On Friday morning, I threw together my very own version of the Adventure Cookie.

This cookie turned out AMAZING! I actually loved the taste, consistency and just everything about it. I baked 13 and now have 0 left (in my defense .. I did give away a couple)

My version of the Adventure Cookie

 

 

 

Dry Ingredients

1-cup of raw pecans

1-cup of almond flour (you could sub in oat flour of coconut flour if you'd like)

1/3-cup of multigrain rolled oats

1/3-cup of pumpkin seeds

1T of chia seeds

1T of hemp hearts

1T of ground flax

1T of cinnamon

 

Wet Ingredients

1T of vanilla extract

1T of almond butter

1/4-cup + 1T of 100% pure maple syrup

 



 



Step 1 - roast a cup of pecans for approx. 5-minutes on 350-degrees

 

 

Step 2 - Mix all of dry ingredients & wet ingredients into separate bowls

 

 

Step 3 - Combine dry and wet ingredients and mix thoroughly

 

 

 

 

Step 4 - With slightly damp hands (this is super sticky), roll the mixture into 13 little balls and place on parchment paper

 

 

 

 

Step 5 - Let bake for 12-15-minutes on 350-degrees

 

 

 

 

Step 6 - Let these delicious cookies cool, then eat 1,2 ..

 

 

 

 

Hope you like the weekend recipes, guys!

 

Questions

1. Do you do any baking on your days off?
2. What's a good protein treat recipe you have to share?