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- 1 ¼ cups whole grain old fashioned oats
- ½ cup slivered almonds, roughly chopped
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ¾ cup ground flaxseed
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips, room temperature
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- your hands with water. Take a heaping teaspoon of mixture and roll into a
- ball – about an inch in diameter. Place on a baking sheet and repeat until
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