APRICOT VITALITY BALLS

MAKES 30 / PREPARATION 15 MINUTES / COOKING 6 MINUTES

What the judges loved about Well & Truly’s Make-at-home Vitality Bars was the freshness of the ingredients and the convenience. The mix is packed with nuts and seeds and comes premixed in perfect portions so you can speedily make delicious, nutritious bars without needing a pantry full of packets of various seeds and nuts that can go rancid so quickly.

40g butter

½ cup condensed milk

1 x 450g pack Well & Truly Make-at-home Vitality Bars 250g ready-to-eat dried apricots

(the moist kind)

Put the butter and condensed milk in a saucepan. Heat over a medium heat, stirring constantly, and bring to just bubbling, then reduce to a simmer and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the vitality bar mix and stir through over the low heat for 3-4 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool for 10 minutes.

Chop the dried apricots very finely – this is best done in a food processor as you want it almost paste-like to help stick the balls together. Add to the cooled mix and stir well with a metal spoon to distribute the apricots evenly.

Using your hands, form the mixture into walnut-sized balls, pressing the mixture firmly together. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 weeks.