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Coconut Almond Rum Balls. Easy Festive Coconut rum balls. Make these into Indian sweet Ladoo with cardamom instead of rum.
I couldnt do last weeks VeganMonth of food Iron chef with Banana and coffee.. but this week it is Coconut.
Almost Raw, Glutenfree, Rum balls.
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Coconut Almond Rum Balls. Glutenfree. Vegan
Coconut Almond Rum Balls. Easy Festive Coconut rum balls. Make these into Indian sweet Ladoo with cardamom instead of rum.
Ingredients
- 1 2/3 cup dry coconut small flakes
- 2 Tablespoons oats
- 2/3 cup almonds
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon warm coconut oil
- 3 Tablespoons raw sugar, ground to a fine powder
- 1-2 Tablespoons Agave or maple syrup, or any thick sugar/sweet syrup
- 2 -3 Tablespoons Rum or fruit juice of choice
- cocoa powder, coconut flakes or melted vegan chocolate for rolling
Instructions
- Grind the almonds and oats to a coarse powder.
- Add 1/2 cup coconut flakes and grind all together again until most coconut flakes break into smaller flakes/coarse powder.
- In a bowl, add this clumpy mixture, rum, oil, salt and agave and mix. Add sugar and mix in.
- Mix and keep adding coconut flakes if needed till you get a soft dough. Adjust sweetness by adding more powdered sugar or agave.
- Chill for half an hour.
- Make balls and roll in coconut flakes, or cocoa powder or dip in melted chocolate.
Notes
nutritional information based on one serving
Variations: Add some chocolate chips or pistachios in the middle.
Substitute rum with favorite essence/extract(a few drops of rose, vanilla, kewra or a pinch or cardamom) to make them into festive Indian sweet balls ( Laddoo).
Nutrition
Calories: 157kcal, Carbohydrates: 9g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 12g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Sodium: 29mg, Potassium: 130mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 5g, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 24mg, Iron: 0.8mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Rescue:
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I am sorry, but it doesn’t want to form into balls, although I followed the recipe precisely. The mixture is crumbly and I don’t see how this can be fixed.
Add a flax egg (1 tbsp flax seed meal mixed with 2 tbsp water)or some almond butter.
How long do these last?