Crispy Chewy Cherry Flax Pucks

This is another recipe from Power Hungry by Camilla V. Saulsbury.  I have fiddled with this recipe more than with the Double Chocolate Flax Pucks recipe - the main reason being that I like the texture of that one more than this.  Replacing part of the ground flax with cocoa gives it a bit more regular brownie body, whereas this is somewhat more chewy in a flaxy way.  I've found that substituting part of the dried fruit with unsweetened coconut helps.

Crispy Chewy Cherry Flax Pucks

Makes about 12


Ingredients

• 2/3 cup ground flax
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2/3 cup dried sour cherries

Method

• Grease 12 muffin cups, and preheat oven to 325ºF
• Mix together ground flax, peanut butter, honey, milk, vanilla, and cinnamon until well combined.  Stir in raisins.
• Evenly distribute the batter into the 12 muffin cups
• Bake for 25 - 30 minutes, or until tops appear somewhat dry.
• Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack

Variations:

• You may substitute other nut butters, non dairy milks, etc.  
• I like to mix it up by substituting cut up dried prunes or apricots for the dried cherries.  
• I also often replace half of the dried fruit with unsweetened coconut.

This also makes a great coffee time snack.  I have come to prefer using other dried fruits instead of raisins in this recipe - especially dried apricots!