Servings – 2 balls = 1 serving.

This recipe is fine for continued and maintenance stages of the program.

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups ground almonds ( you can purchase this in bulk or, if you have the time and inclination, get whole raw almonds and make your own in a food processor)
• 1/4 cup sweetener of your choice – more or less depending on your taste.
• 1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon (you could substitute cocoa as well to make them chocolate flavoured instead)
• 2 egg whites
• oil for greasing pan or cooking spray

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Oil a large baking sheet or line with parchment paper.
3. Mix together the ground almonds, sweetener and cinnamon.
4. Beat the egg whites until they begin to stiffen and fold into almond mixture to make a fairly firm mixture.
5. Wet your hands with cold water and roll mixture into balls.
6. Place these on a baking sheet lightly sprayed with cooking spray. (Pressing them lightly with a fork, makes them more like a cookie than a ball).
7. Bake for about 15 minutes; so they remain slightly soft inside….too much cooking will make them hard and tough.
8. Remove balls from baking sheet and allow to cool on a rack.

NOTE: This recipe makes 15 balls.  You can make these smaller to get more than 15. They also freeze well.