Resurrecting this blog, which has never been about food, because i'm so excited to share my recipe for healthy buckeyes.
These were always a favorite treat my mom would make around the holidays. This year I was missing them, and wanted to make them as gifts. I looked around and found a few paleo/gaps recipes, but they all called for coconut oil, and I wanted to use butter, cuz butter!
This recipe makes aprox. 60 balls, which is great for gift giving, but you could always halve it for personal use.
So, without further ado
Ingredients:
1 16 Oz jar peanut butter (could sub other nut or non-nut butters)
2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter, softened
1/2 cup honey
1 cup almond flour
2 Tbs coconut flour
Several bars of dark chocolate (I prefer at least 85% cacao, and lowest sugar I can find) or 1-2 bags chocolate chips, melted
Combine the dough ingredients in a bowl with a mixer, you can add more flour if it doesn't seem thick enough. Then put the bowl in the freezer for an hour or so.
Once cold enough to work, make balls and place them on a cookie sheet on parchment paper. You can try a small melon baller, but seeing as I don't own one I scooped with a spoon and shaped with my hands. As it thawed it became more difficult to work with, so I found it necessary to put everything back in the freezer for 20 min or so, before finishing the task. And then you'll want to put your tray of balls in the freezer for another hour.
Once the balls are solid, you can roll them to smooth out any lumps. Then melt your chocolate, and dip each ball using a toothpick. Be careful not to overheat the chocolate or it will get dry and fudgey. I found the bars I used were too runny, and the chips too thick. Next time I want to experiment and use a little of each.
Once finished you can smooth away the hole left by the toothpick, and put them back in the freezer.
These will keep best in the refrigerator until ready to serve or give away.
