If you are looking for a sweet treat, need a quick and healthy snack post-workout or have run out of ideas for your kids lunches, try this energy cookie!
Made with natural sweeteners raw honey and maple syrup and healthy fats chia seeds, coconut oil and pumpkin seed butter, you will love the taste as much as your body loves the fuel.
(Makes 16)
Ingredients:
2 tbsp pumpkin seed butter
1/4 cup coconut oil (melted)
1/8 cup raw honey (I used avocado blossom)
1/8 cup pure maple syrup
1 chia egg (1 tbsp chia seeds + 3 tbsp water) Let…
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