Snacking on cookies is simply part of the Advent season – but unfortunately often with a bad conscience. Fortunately, there are healthy alternatives! Here you will find recipes with oatmeal, almonds & Co.!
Healthy cookies – the delicious alternative
With classic Christmas cookies, we always consume a lot of calories, fat and sugar. Fortunately, there is another way! If you only pay attention to a few things and swap certain ingredients for the dough, it is easy to bake healthy cookies and avoid calories. We show you our favorite recipes here!
Our favorite recipes for healthy cookies
Chocolate oat cookies
The baking season can begin: These healthy biscuits, which score with wholemeal flour, oat bran, cranberries and maple syrup, give us absolute pleasure. A pinch of cinnamon rounds off the taste of the cookies.
To the recipe: Oat chocolate cookies
Chocolate fans will find even more chocolate cookies here.
Filled drops
Baking gluten-free is very easy: instead of wheat flour, oat, potato and almond flour are used in the dough. There is also a delicious fruit filling.
About the recipe: Filled drops
Cranberry oat cookies
Cranberries are extremely healthy, as are oatmeal – so it's no wonder that these cookies are a powerhouse. They are also really delicious!
About the recipe: cranberry and oat cookies
We have even more oatmeal recipes.
Fruit Thalers
Healthy ingredients and then also vegan – these biscuits have it! They are peppered with a number of dried fruits such as dates, cherries and cranberries. The dough is also made from spelled flour.
To the recipe: fruit thalers
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Coconut and apricot fudge
It doesn't contain flour or refined sugar! The dough for the fudge is made from nuts, apricots, cocoa and coconut oil. In addition, sprinkles made from pumpkin seeds, desiccated coconut and pistachios – you should not miss this healthy taste experience!
About the recipe: coconut and apricot fudge
Oatmeal thaler
Brazil nuts contain the trace element selenium, which fends off free radicals. In addition, the nuts are a great source of protein and simply taste delicious. Together with the oat flakes, a great basis for healthy cookies!
The recipe: oatmeal thalers
Cinnamon stars
Instead of flour, ground almonds, egg white and powdered sugar play the main role here. The cinnamon makes the cookies wonderfully aromatic. A dream!
To the recipe: Classic cinnamon stars
Here you can find more delicious recipes for cinnamon stars.
Muesli pile with white chocolate
In this cookie recipe, we simply use maple syrup and honey instead of sugar for sweetening. This is accompanied by muesli with dried fruits. If you want to avoid additional calories, you can opt for dark couverture instead of white chocolate.
The recipe: Muesli heaps with white chocolate
Oat Date Cookies
Enjoy without a guilty conscience: oat flakes, dates, spices and sesame – these cookies are unbeatable and great energy suppliers. The dough is also only sweetened with dried fruit and coconut blossom sugar.
To the recipe: oat and date cookies
Pecantaler
Baking healthy and vegan cookies at the same time is not difficult at all! These convince with hazelnut oil, coconut blossom sugar and nuts. The big crunch can begin!
About the recipe: pecantaler
Healthy Cookies: Which Ingredients?
Conventional cookies are often made with lots of sugar, butter and flour. This has a negative effect on the blood sugar level and the blood lipid levels rise. It is better, however, when on Dietary fiber, trace elements, minerals and vital substances which are ingested, for example, through nuts, whole grain products and oat flakes.
Regular wheat flour can be avoided by either Whole wheat flour, ground nuts or coconut flour be used. You can find more information about this in our recipe for low-carb cookies. Coconut oil is a good substitute for butter as it has a positive effect on blood fat levels, has fewer calories and protects against heart disease. Refined sugar should also be replaced if possible. Good alternatives are Maple syrup, agave syrup, or honey. Be best, however Coconut blossom syrup or dates used for sweetening. Dried fruits can generally ensure a pleasant sweetness and also provide a vitamin kick!
Healthy cookies with a lot of taste
We love to snack and we love the full flavor! Therefore, a lot of spices can be mixed in with the biscuits and cookies. Cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg are next to Cloves and vanilla the main tasters when it comes to Christmas cookies and their taste is uniquely good!
Apart from the taste component, these ingredients also have other positive effects: Cinnamon, for example, is said to relieve digestive problems and also have a calming effect. Cloves are used in natural medicine because of their antiseptic properties and they have many antioxidants that protect against free radicals. We shouldn't forget these great properties when it comes to recipe selection!
Have fun baking and snacking!