Breakfast is served and packed with over 15 grams of vegan plant based protein. I love a good breakfast in the morning to get me started with my day. Today I wanted something sweet, dense nutritious and easy to make. So, I made this Raw Apple Cinnamon Balls, but felt they needed something extra special. What is more special than apple butter. This is my raw chunky version of the traditional apple butter, which is not butter at all, but slow cooked apples with spices.

The balls are loaded with hemp seeds, gluten free oats and anti inflammatory spices like cinnamon and ginger. They are a great way to fuel your busy day with a natural sweet treat.

Ingredients:

For the balls

1 1 /2 cups gluten free rolled oats ( 1 cup to make flour and 1/2 cup or more for texture at the end of the processing)

1 cup raisins

1/4 cup chopped gala apples

1 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoons of grated ginger

pinch of sea salt to taste

RAW Apple Cinnamon Balls with a RAW Apple Butter

For the Raw Apple Butter:

1/2 cup raisins

1 tablespoon of the Raw Apple Cinnamon Ball mixture ( 1 tbsp of distilled or purified water)

1 tablespoon coconut oil, softened but not melted

2 tablespoons honey

1 teaspoon cinnamon

pinch of sea salt to taste

Directions

In your food processor, grind 1 cup of oats until you have a flour and then set aside. Add the raisins and the apples to the food processor and process until it’s smooth, and then add the vanilla, cinnamon, ginger and salt.
Process until thoroughly combined and then add the remaining oats to mixture. Pulse. Remove from the processor and place an a large bowl.  Look at the texture, if it is too sticky add Add ¼ cup of the gluten free oats, a little at a time and stir it all together until well incorporated into the mixture. You do not want a stick or too dry mixture. You want the balls to feel like soft play doh. Roll tightly into balls. You’ll have to squeeze them together to get them to stick and make a nice round ball.
For the Raw Apple Butter : Add the raisins, one tablespoon of the apple cinnamon ball mixture and the water to a processor. Process until you a have smooth chancy mixture. Add the remaining  ingredients. Once processed, stir everything together and add the butter to a nice bowl to serve along side your Raw Apple Cinnamon balls. This butter is also great on cinnamon raisin toast in the morning as well with a cup of tea.