Behold the Benevolent Snack of Redemption! I've been sitting on the ingredients to make this for a while and I'm now kicking myself that I haven't done it before. It is so ridiculously easy-- and fast-- I will never hesitate to make repeats. Even with the time that it just took to sit in the fridge to harden, this was less than a half hour. And I'm someone who always needs twice the time to cook anything. I even took a pic of the complete ingredient list:
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| I didn't need the microwave, though |
I've posted the recipe as written below, but I did make some substitutions. Specifically, I used skim milk instead of 1% and almond butter instead of peanut butter. No fancy reason why- I just simply didn't have the other two on hand. Also, I recommend using a small saucepan; I used my big one and kept pushing everything to one corner so it would all mix completely. Enjoy!
Peanut Butter Oat Clusters
Ingredients:
2 tbs 1% lowfat milk
2 tbs peanut butter
1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup hand-rolled oats
Directions:
1. Heat milk, peanut butter, and chocolate chips in a saucepan over low heat for 3 minutes or until chocolate has melted.
2. Stir in rolled oats. Remove from heat.
3. Using a spoon, ice cream scoop, or mellon baller, scoop 8 clusters onto a wax paper-lined baking sheet. Refrigerate for 10 minutes, or until hardened
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| all ingredients melting in the pan |
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| completed clusters |
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| clusters... close up! |
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