Dessert
Ray Peat's Candy sugar balls
Equipment
- Large bowl
- Wooden spoon
- Microwave
- Wax paper
PrepPr30 minCookCk30 minCookingCoo30 min (Drying time varies with humidity)ServesSrv~20 ballsCa:PCa:P1:0.8
Ingredients
- 2 cups plain powdered milk
- 1 cup pure cane sugar
- 3-6 Tbsp liquid (coffee, orange juice, or water)
Directions
- Mix sugar and powdered milk in a large bowl.
- Slowly add liquid to form a non-sticky dough. Adjust with more powdered milk if sticky.
- Shape into small round balls.
- Place on wax paper to dry.
(Optional)
- Use high-quality powdered milk without fillers.
- Fortified with vitamin A and D is common and usually digestible.
Why it works
Plain sugar and powdered milk make this a nearly pure glucose-and-calcium snack, with almost no fat or fiber slowing digestion.
Nutrition Facts
Per serving (1 of 20). Does not change when you scale ingredients.
- Calories 59.720000000000006
- Total Fat 0.9g
- Saturated Fat 0.6g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.2g
- Cholesterol 9.7 mg
- Sodium 377.7 mg
- Carbohydrate 275g
- Fiber 1.4g
- Sugar 236.1g
- Protein 27.9g
- Calcium 972.3 mg
- Phosphorus 765.2 mg
- Ca:P ratio 1:0.8
- Vitamin A 9.7 mcg
- Vitamin C 4.4 mg
- B1 (Thiamin) 0.2 mg
- B2 (Riboflavin) 1.1 mg
- B3 (Niacin) 0.6 mg
- B5 (Pantothenic) 3.1 mg
- B6 0.3 mg
- Folate 58.5 mcg
- B12 3 mcg
- Vitamin K 1 mcg
- Copper 0.1 mg
- Zinc 4.7 mg
- Selenium 17.5 mcg
