At a glance
Preparation time: 40 minutes
Difficulty: Medium
Serves: 12
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons chia seeds*
- 125ml of water
- 125g margarine
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 1½ cups self-raising flour (wholemeal if available)
- ½ cup desiccated coconut
- ½ cup oats
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries (or dried fruit of your choice)
- ½ cup natural yoghurt (reduced fat if available)
- Baking paper
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Line baking trays with baking paper
- In a small bowl, measure and add 125mL of boiling water to the chia seeds. Set aside for 10 minutes or until the seeds appear jelly like.
- Put margarine in a heatproof bowl and melt in the microwave.
- Transfer melted margarine to a large bowl, add the sugar and mix using a spoon or a whisk until combined.
- Add the flour, chia seed and water mixture, desiccated coconut, oats, cranberries (or other dried fruit) and yoghurt to the melted margarine. Mix everything together until well combined.
- Make small balls using around 1 to 2 tablespoons of mixture and gently press each down with a fork.
- Place the balls onto lined baking tray at least 3cm apart. Bake for 15 minutes or until slightly golden.
*Tips
- You can usually find chia seeds in the supermarket. You can use left over chia seeds in a chia pudding recipe, sprinkled on cereal or added to a smoothie. If you don’t have chia seeds, you could replace the chia seeds and water with 2 eggs.
This recipe was published in the Tucker Our Kids Love resource by the Aboriginal Lunchbox Connection program (2022), Central Coast Local Health District.
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