Bite your way into cookie heaven with a nice dose of protein with our no-bake Holiday Cookie Protein Bites. Made with Lifeway Kefir and Farmer Cheese, we doubled up on our cultured ingredients that are rich in live probiotics and satisfying protein to keep you full and support overall health.
Since our Holiday Cookie Lowfat Kefir is available right now during the winter months, we’re sharing one of our new favorite ways to use it. With a delicious flavor similar to sugar cookies, our Holiday Cookies Kefir is packed with 50 Billion CFUs of probiotics per serving, and it’s made with the same quality you know and love from Lifeway. If you can’t find it, our vanilla or plain flavors of kefir would also be perfectly suitable!
Our farmer cheese also stars in these Holiday Cookie Bites, delivering a divine, rich texture, and it packs additional protein into these bites. We kept these bites gluten-free and grain-free by using almond flour in these bites to make cookie dough bites everyone can enjoy without worry. For a festive flair, we rolled them in a low-sugar white chocolate coating and sprinkled them with holiday-colored sprinkles. You can also roll your protein bites in chopped nuts as another idea.
Healthy holiday snacks can be made in minutes with Lifeway products in your kitchen. We make our products with your gut health in mind, delivering live cultures in every single serving and quality protein your body needs. Bite into better snacks made easy with our Holiday Cookie Protein Bites!
The Benefits of Cultured Dairy for Better Health:
Research continues to show the importance of eating healthy foods, including cultured dairy such as kefir, for optimal digestion and gut health, a strong immune system, and to support the microbiome. Fermented foods like kefir hold important value in this line of research due to the link between the gut-brain axis and overall health. Specifically, kefir has been shown to help diversify the microbiome, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, support healthier blood sugar levels, and improve satiety since the bioavailable protein it contains triggers the release of GLP-1.
Lifeway Kefir is packed with a variety of vital nutrients important for overall health, including bone and muscle health; these include vitamin D3, K, calcium, and vitamin B12. Along with our probiotic-rich kefir, Lifeway also offers artisan-made Farmer Cheese,a creamy, high-protein cheese made with live and active cultures to support healthy muscles and a healthy microbiome. Lifeway Farmer Cheese is easy to spread, free of gums and thickeners, and contains no added salt or sugar for optimal health benefits.
Prep Time: 50 mins Servings: 10-12Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Farmer Cheese
- 1/4 cup Lowfat Holiday Cookies Kefir
- *or try our vanilla flavor kefir if you can't find our Holiday Cookie flavor (plain also works!)
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/2 - 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups to 1 1/2 cups almond flour (not almond meal)
- 8 oz. white chocolate chips, melted (we used Lily's)
- optional: sprinkles for a topping, or you can use finely chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, etc.)
Directions
- Add Lifeway Farmer Cheese, Lifeway Lowfat Holiday Cookies Kefir, pure. maple syrup, vanilla extract, and almond flour to a food processor, then process/pulse until the mixture is smooth. It should resemble a soft cookie dough. Transfer to a bowl, then chill for 30 minutes in the fridge.
- Line a baking pan with parchment paper, then set aside. After the dough is cool, roll into 1.5-inch balls, and dip in melted white chocolate, then let any excess drip off before placing on the parchment-covered pan to cool and set.
- After you place all the pieces of dough on the parchment-covered pan, add sprinkles (or nuts) if desired, let set in fridge until firm. Enjoy!
