Protein Balls

Received this recipe at a Relief Society Meeting.  They called them Tone it Up Protein Balls.  She said to eat 1-2 after working out.....but no more.  I'm sure you can substitute any dried fruit for the apricots.  I had to guess if you didn't want to add the protein powder you don't need to.

1 C Peanut Butter
1 C Honey
1 C Oats
1 C dried Apricots
1 C Sliced Almond
3 Scoops of Vanilla Protein Powder
Cinnamon to taste

Heat P.B. & Honey until runny. Stir in all ingredients and cool in fridge. Roll into bite sized balls.

Baked Apple Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal

This recipe is from smells-like-home.com .


Ingredients:

• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup maple syrup, plus more for serving
• 1 cup milk (I used skim but any kind will work)
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 apple (any kind), peeled, cored, and diced into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1/2 cup raisins

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Grease or spray a 2-quart casserole dish with either butter or cooking spray.
2. In a medium bowl, toss together the oats, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.  In a separate small bowl, whisk together the maple syrup, milk, egg, the melted butter, and the vanilla.
3. Place the diced apples in a single layer in the bottom of the prepared casserole dish.  Sprinkle about two-thirds of the raisins over the top of the apples, then cover the fruit with the oat mixture.  Drizzle the milk mixture over the oats, making sure to distribute the milk as evenly as possible.  Sprinkle the remaining raisins over the top of the oats.  Bake the oatmeal for 35-45 minutes, until the top is golden brown and the oats have set.
4. Remove the oatmeal from the oven and serve hot with more maple syrup.

Homemade Granola

I found this recipe on HowDoesShe.com.

Ingredients:

-12 C Quick Cooking Oats
-1/2 C Flour
-1 T Cinnamon
-1/2 t Nutmeg
-4 C Random dry ingredients (suggestions: craisins, raisins, coconut flakes, sunflower seeds, slivered almonds, small chocolate chips, peanut butter chips.)
-1 C Vegetable Oil
-1 C Honey


Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all of the ingredients but oil and honey. Mix oil and honey and microwave until hot. Pour oil and honey mixture over dry ingredients and mix well. Spread mix over 3 baking sheets and bake until lightly golden brown on top (appx 20 min). Let cool, then break up into chunks.

Apple Crisp

I made this tonight for our ward's elders' quorum social.  It was a hit!  I got this recipe from allrecipes.com, however I did change it a bit.  I will post it how I prepared it.  If you want to the original recipe go here

10 cups apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1 cup sugar
1 tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup water

1 1/2 cups oats, quick cook
1 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.   Mix the white sugar, 1 tablespoon flour and ground cinnamon together, and then combine with apples.  Pour water evenly over all and mix again.  Place the apple mixture in a 9x13 inch pan.  Combine the oats, 1 cup flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and baking soda.  Cut the softened butter into the oat mixture. Crumble evenly over the apple mixture.  Bake at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes.

*Okay, truthful I forgot to add the baking powder and baking soda and it didn't seem to effect it.  But I'm sure they are in there for a reason!