Recipe: No-Bake Oat 'n Fruit Crunchies!

1 cup nut butter

2 tablespoons melted butter

2 tablespoons molasses

1/2 cup nutritional yeast

1/2 cup dried cherries (or cranberries, apples, or mango)

2 cups cheerios

Combine nut butter, butter and molasses in a large bowl.

Stir in yeast and fruit.

Add cereal and stir gently but thoroughly.

(If mixture is very sticky, add a bit of flour.)

Roll into balls or mold into cookie shapes.

Place treats on cookie sheets covered in waxed paper.

Refrigerate until firm.

When firm, balls may be removed from sheets and stored in

tupperware in the fridge.

Great for teething puppies!

(Recipe courtesy of yummyfordogs.org)

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