Women who want to lose weight often skip desserts. However, it is not necessary to completely exclude delicacies from the menu; it is important to reduce the total calorie content by including useful components in the recipe. A very healthy and tasty dietary dessert - homemade oatmeal cookies with fruits, nuts, cottage cheese.
Cookies with cottage cheese: a step by step recipe
This delicacy is not just a dessert, but a complete dish for an afternoon snack or breakfast. Cottage cheese and oatmeal - a classic combination, a valuable source of protein, fiber improves digestion and stimulates metabolism. Replacing sugar with honey or stevia will reduce calories without sacrificing taste.
Ingredients:
- 200 g fat-free soft cottage cheese;
- 100 g of small oatmeal;
- 1 tsp honey or stevia syrup;
- 4 egg whites;
- 0.25 tsp cinnamon powder;
- a handful of light pitted raisins.
Rinse the raisins, pour boiling water over for 15 minutes. When it swells, take it out of the water and dry it on a towel. Grind cottage cheese with honey or stevia syrup. To make the mass homogeneous, it is better to use a mixer.
Beat the whites into a strong foam. Alternately add oatmeal and whipped egg whites to the curd mass. Stir the dough gently from bottom to top to keep the dough airy. At the end, add raisins to the mass.
Cover the baking sheet with baking paper. Put portions of dough with two dessert spoons. To prevent it from sticking, periodically moisten the spoons in cold water. Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake the cookies until a beautiful golden brown.
When the pastries are browned, remove the baking sheet from the oven. Remove the cookies with a spatula and cool on the board. Serve warm or cold. Diet oat baked goods are especially delicious with milk or freshly brewed black tea.
Banana Oatmeal Cookies: A Good Diet Solution
A ripe banana will soften the cookie and give it a rich flavor. In addition, the tropical fruit is rich in potassium and magnesium, these components are essential during a strict diet. Finely chopped dried fruits will help to diversify the taste of the dessert: dates, prunes, dried apricots.
Ingredients:
1 ripe banana;
2 style l. finely chopped dried fruits;
1 tsp coconut flakes;
1 tsp fructose;
70 ml of low-fat milk;
100 g of small oatmeal.
Mash banana with a fork or chop in a blender, mix fruit puree with milk. Wash dried fruits, dry and chop finely. Combine them with cereals, fructose and coconut flakes, add portions to the milk-banana mixture. Knead a light homogeneous dough.
Lightly grease a baking sheet with oil, put a layer of dough and place in a preheated oven for 10-15 minutes. When the crust is browned, remove it from the oven and immediately cut it into squares or rectangles. Cool the cookies and serve with tea.
Carrot and oatmeal cookies: a simple and original recipe
A healthy and tasty treat, perfect for a quick bite. It can be served warm or cold. To make the cookies tasty, use young sugar carrots. If you don't have oatmeal, you can use blended oatmeal.
Ingredients:
0.25 cups oat flour;
- 1 large sweet carrot;
- 1 egg white;
- a handful of seedless raisins;
- 0.25 tsp ground cinnamon;
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar;
- soda on the tip of a knife;
- 1 tsp lemon juice.
Wash the carrots with a brush, peel, and grate. Beat the egg white with a whisk. Add oatmeal and carrots and stir.
Mix baking soda with lemon juice, add to the oatmeal mixture, add vanilla sugar and cinnamon. Stir again and add the previously soaked and dried raisins.
Cover the baking sheet with baking paper or foil. Put small portions of dough with a spoon dipped in cold water, give them a round shape. Bake in a preheated oven until golden brown. The cookies will be ready in about 20 minutes.
Cookies with nuts and candied fruits: step-by-step preparation
A very interesting recipe for sweet lovers. Carrots will give it the necessary softness, and nuts - piquancy. If desired, peanuts can be replaced with hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts.
Ingredients:
- 1 large sweet carrot;
- 150 g of small oatmeal;
- 50 g peeled unsalted peanuts;
- 1 tbsp. l. liquid honey;
- 2 tbsp. l. candied ginger;
- 20 ml odorless vegetable oil;
- 80 ml of water.
Pour oatmeal with water, leave to swell. Add vegetable oil and candied ginger, mix thoroughly.
Fry peanuts in a dry frying pan until light cream color. Cool and grind in a coffee grinder or blender. Peel the carrots, grate on a coarse grater. Add carrots and nuts to the oatmeal, stir. Pour in liquid honey and knead the dough.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Separate the dough pieces with wet hands and roll them into small balls. Put the blanks on a baking sheet, put it in the oven heated to 180 degrees. Bake for 15-20 minutes. The finished cookies will be soft, they will not crumble and will not stale for a long time.
Oatmeal cookies with fruit puree
An interesting idea is to mix oatmeal with ready-made baby puree: apple, peach, pear. The product will contain a minimum of calories, has a pleasant taste and delicate texture. Dried berries, nuts, coconut flakes will be an excellent addition.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups oatmeal
- 200 g fruit puree;
- 50 g dried cherries or cranberries;
- 1 tbsp. l. chopped walnuts;
- 1 tbsp. l. coconut flakes.
Grind the flakes in a blender, mix them with fruit puree. Add coconut, dried berries and walnuts, previously fried in a pan and chopped in a mortar.
Pour the dough into a mold covered with parchment paper. Bake for 15-20 minutes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Cut the hot cake into pieces and cool. Serve with milk or homemade yogurt.
