Sesame Macaroon Bites

Name: Sesame Macaroon Bites
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup honey ((raw)); 1 tsp orange peel ((fresh, ground, dried, organic raw)); 1/4 tsp pink salt ((fresh, ground)); 1 cup sesame seed butter; 2 cups sesame seeds ((raw, organic)); 1 cup shelled sunflower seeds ((raw, organic )); 1 cup coconut meat ((fine chopped, sun dried, raw, organic)); 2 cups cranberries ((sun-dried, un-sweetened, organic))

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Joelle Amiot in Snacks

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

4hr

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

4hr

Sesame seeds are an excellent source of copper, a very good source of manganese, and a good source of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, zinc, molybdenum, Vitamin B1, selenium, and dietary fiber. Arm yourself this holiday season with healthy snacks like Sesame Macaroon Bites and leave the “holiday weight gain” to everyone else!

Ingredients

3/4 cup honey (raw)
1 tsp orange peel (fresh, ground, dried, organic raw)
1/4 tsp pink salt (fresh, ground)
1 cup sesame seed butter
2 cups sesame seeds (raw, organic)
1 cup shelled sunflower seeds (raw, organic )
1 cup coconut meat (fine chopped, sun dried, raw, organic)
2 cups cranberries (sun-dried, un-sweetened, organic)

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Directions

Prep

10 min

Total

4 hr

Place the pyrex measuring cup in the small pot onto your stove.
Fill the pot with water so it goes half way up the sides of the pyrex, be sure not to get water into the pyrex measuring cup.
Place the honey, lemon peel, orange peel and pink salt into the pyrex measuring cup. Turn the stove on the lowest setting and warm until this mixture is smooth and liquid. Use your thermometer and be sure that the water in the pot does NOT go over 110 degrees F. Remove from the heat and allow to set for 10 minutes.
Add the sesame seed butter and stir until smooth. In a large bowl mix all of the remaining ingredients in and blend well.
Add the warmed sesame seed butter/honey and stir well until evenly blended. (This is a STICKY mix now!) Use a melon baller tool and start scooping out the mixture. Place each scoop on a solid tray of your dehydrator. then Dehydrate for 3 hours.
Now use the melon baller tool and reshape/repack the mixture into ball shaped bites.
Continue to dry until firm yet the centers are very chewy and allow to cool for 1 hour and place in an air tight container.

Nutritional Information (per serving)

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Note: A CHEF’S TIP: I make my own dried lemon peel and orange peel: use a vegetable peeler to remove the zest, slice into small pieces and dry thoroughly until crisp. Store in a glass jar with lid out of the sunlight. When I want to use it, I just grind it in a recycled salt grinder (the ones I buy my pink salt in)