Date Nut Balls or Pie Crust!

Submitted by Sharon123

"Roll into balls or make into a pie crust! Recipe courtesy of Everyday Wholesome Eating...in the Raw by Kim Wilson."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 3 cups

ingredients

• 1 cup pecans
• 1 cup walnuts
• 1 cup dates, pitted
• 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup honey, to taste
• 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt, to taste

directions

1. Grind pecans, walnuts, and dates in a food processor until well chopped and blended. Add honey and continue to process until the mix forms a ball. Be careful not to overprocess.

2. Pie Crust:

3. Press into bottom and sides of a pie pan before adding filling. Reserve some of the mix to crumble on top of finished pie. Fresh fruit makes a great filling, also a yogurt or tofu "cheesecake" is yummy!

4. Balls:

5. Use as is or add 1 teaspoons cinnamon and/or 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg or 1 tbls. carob powder or 1-2 tbls. orange zest.
6. Roll the dough into balls, then in flaked coconut, ground nuts or carob powder. Have fun and enjoy!

Reviews

[Lalaloula]

Oh wow, these are sooooo very yummy! Ive made many raw nut fruit truffles, but these really are the best so far. Simple, but stellar! I LOVE the texture and taste! YUM!<br/>I used a mix of powerfruit berries instead of dates and felt the balls were sweet enough with just the fruit, so I left out the honey.<br/>THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this keeper with us, Sharon!<br/>Made and reviewed for Veggie Swap #59 June 2013.

 

[UmmBinat]

Tasty sweet treats which are great to be made raw. I actually only used walnuts as that is what I had on hand, soft Parnoosh dates (recently found they are not raw as they contain added honey!), raw, organic, local honey & the sea salt. I made a small batch in my spice mill/coffee grinder. Made into little balls and rolled them in carob powder which I enjoyed. Made for Veggie Swap 38 ~ September ~