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Fruit & Nut Breakfast Cookies

Fruit & Nut Breakfast Cookies

These fruit & nut breakfast cookies are healthy, tasty, and easy to make for a convenient breakfast or snack! You know when your little, and you don’t understand why adults, who can do ANYTHING THEY WANT, opt for sensible high fibre breakfasts instead of, say, 

Orange Cranberry Drizzle Muffins for Christmas Morning

Orange Cranberry Drizzle Muffins for Christmas Morning

These orange cranberry drizzle muffins make for the perfect, cosy breakfast on Christmas morning. We often spend so much time planning and perfecting our Christmas lunch menu, that Christmas breakfast can be a bit of an afterthought. But it shouldn’t be, right? We want to 

Cranberry Walnut Energy Bites

Cranberry Walnut Energy Bites

Fudgy cranberry walnut energy bites, perfect for a quick boost!

Cranberry Walnut Energy Bites- Emma's Little Kitchen

Oh, hi there friends!! I know, things have been a little quiet around here lately, but I have prepared a few excuses so you will let me off the hook… For one, my sweet babe is on the move! Like, really on the move. I mean, this child can crawl faster than I can walk, and is so very curious too (pots! pans! cupboards! toilet brush…!). So it goes without saying that my kitchen activities have been compromised as I chase around after this pint sized whirlwind. Secondly, I have been spending a little time on some behind the scenes blog stuff. Have you clocked the changes?!

Cranberry Walnut Energy Bites- Emma's Little Kitchen

Some are a little subtle, but theres a couple of updates that may interest you.

“The Kitchen” is where you will find a full picture index of all the recipes on ELK. I just thought this was more aesthetically pleasing than a boring list of recipes, I hope you like it!

“The Pantry“, this was actually a request from several readers, including my Mum (!). As you asked so nicely, I have put list of pantry items that I use most often. If I have a recipe that includes the pantry item, you can click on the ingredient, and voila! You will see a list of recipes 🙂

Cranberry Walnut Energy Bites- Emma's Little Kitchen

Now onto todays recipe! Just a quicky for you- lovely cranberry walnut energy bites! They can be thrown together in mere minutes, and provide a great boost of energy through the day. They have been super helpful as my marathon training ramps up. One word of caution- making “bitesized” snacks can cause me to mindlessly over eat… In fact, I think I have popped about 6 of these little babies just writing this post…! So sweet, fudge and satisfying.

 

cranberry walnut energy bites- Emma's Little Kitchen

Enjoy!

Cranberry Walnut Energy Bites
 
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Fudgy cranberry walnut energy bites, perfect for a quick boost!
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Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 2 cups pitted dates (16-18 dates)
  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • ¾ cup oats
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • pinch of sea salt
Method
  1. Put all of the ingredients into a food processor, and blend until the mixture forms a stick dough-like ball. It make look dry and crumb-like at first, but keep going!
  2. Remove the "dough" and roll into small bite-sized balls, I usually get about 24-26 balls but it obviously depends on how big or small your roll them.
  3. Alternatively- press the dough into a cling-film lined 9x9 baking tray, and cut into bars.
  4. For best results, store in the fridge

Adapted from my own recipe- Cherry Almond Energy Bites.