Cookies are one of the best options when we want to eat something sweet, since they can be eaten as dessert or as an accompaniment to a delicious snack.
In this case, we bring you a whole grain cookies recipe, an ideal healthy sweet alternative to make with children, since it is a simple preparation with few ingredients.
If you want to know how to make whole grain cookies and a variant to perform whole grain oatmeal cookies, don’t miss the following oneHOWTO article. Hands to the dough!
6 diners
30 minutes
Low difficulty
Ingredients:
You will need to:
Steps to follow:
1
To begin the elaboration of these healthy whole grain crackers, pour the eggs, brown sugar and salt into a bowl. Mix the ingredients with a hand whisk or a whisk until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Brown sugar is healthier than refined sugar, but you can also substitute it with other sweeteners such as stevia, fruit, or honey.
2
Add the vanilla essence and butter to the mixture, and stir again. It is important to add the ingredients in this order, and to integrate each one of them to the mixture before incorporating the following ones, especially before incorporating the solids.
3
Now is the time to incorporate the solids. Add to the mix wheat flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Mix the ingredients using gentle enveloping movements with the help of a spatula. If you don’t have a spatula, you can do this with a ladle, even a fork. Stir until you get a firm texture dough.
4
When the dough is ready, it’s time to shape cookies. To do this, prepare a baking tray with greaseproof paper, take a little dough with a spoon and place it on top of the tray. Try to make them all the same thickness.
To give it the rounded cookie shape, you can help yourself with a spoon. The reason for shaping with the spoon and not with your hands is because the texture of the dough will be a bit sticky and difficult to work with, so this is the easiest way to do it.
5
Before baking you can give your cookies a different touch and turn them into healthy ones whole grain oatmeal cookies. To do this, add a few oatmeal flakes as a decoration on top of each cookie. Oatmeal will add a different and crunchy touch to your whole grain cookies and will make it one of those true recipes rich in fiber.
6
Finally, preheat the oven to 170 ºC and bake with heat on top and bottom for about 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Each oven is different, so if you see that your cookies are golden brown before the 25 minutes are up, you should take them out sooner.
7
After the baking time, let them cool on a rack and … Your whole grain cookies are ready to eat!
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Advice
- If you like this recipe and want to try a juicier variant, you can add a little apple or pear in small cubes when you finish step 3. Once the dough with a consistent texture is achieved, add the fruit cubes and mix with your hands or a spatula to integrate the fruit into the dough. With this simple change, you will have a totally different whole grain cookie recipe.
- If you like to innovate or give a personal touch to your recipes, you can also add other ingredients such as raisins or dark chocolate chips to your cookies. But remember, to keep your whole grain cookies healthy, you must use low-calorie or sugar-free ingredients.