In the modern world, the fashion for healthy products and recipes is growing more and more. Of course, at first it’s very difficult to switch to such a style of food when sweets are replaced by honey, sweets are replaced by dried fruits, and various dry fruits are replaced by fresh fruits and vegetables.
And especially for you today we will tell you how to make healthy cookies made from flaxseed flour. The recipe is so simple that you are sure to be surprised. And of its great benefits - just do not get better!
Flaxseed flour: benefit
First, let's look at the main ingredient in today's dish. Its popularity these days is not at all surprising, because flax has a truly unique combination of useful substances needed by any person.
Firstly, these seeds, from which only later they receive flour, help cleanse the body of various toxins that have accumulated inside a person. Since we all do not live in the forest, but in cities with a huge number of cars, factories and everything else, we just need flax.
Secondly, this product well strengthens the immune system and the body's resistance to various microbes and diseases. Of course, the result will not be noticeable instantly, but after some time you will definitely feel better.
In addition, flaxseed flour, whose benefits are simply immeasurable, reduces the risk of developing cancerous tumors, which is very important for all people.
Essential Ingredients
Honestly, linen flour cookies are so easy to make that even a small child can handle them, and the ingredients only help. They are so ordinary and familiar that they will be found in the house of every mistress.
In addition, to make dessert more useful and dietary, we will prepare cookies from linen flour without eggs and with a natural sweetener!
- Wheat flour - 80 gr. We will definitely need it, since if you use only flaxseed flour in its pure form, the product will not turn out to be very tasty due to the unusual texture of another flour.
- Flax flour - 70 gr.
- Baking powder for dough - 1/2 tsp.
- Sweetener - 1 tsp. You can take our usual sugar or replace it with honey, maple syrup or an artificial sweetener that you use.
- Salt - a few pinches to balance the taste.
- Flaxseeds - 3 tbsp. l We will use them to create a more unusual texture of the dough, in addition, with them, cookies made from linen flour look more interesting.
- Milk / Water - 60 ml.
- Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l
Flaxseed Cookies Recipe
- In a deep bowl, mix milk or water with a sweetener and salt, and then, when the ingredients are well mixed, pour in the vegetable oil.
- In a separate container, combine two types of flour, mix thoroughly and add baking powder and pre-prepared flaxseeds.
- In the liquid ingredients, pour the dry part in parts and first with a fork, and then with your hands you need to knead a very dense and plastic dough.
- Give him a little rest on the table, slightly covering it with a damp towel or wrapping it in plastic. This can take 15-20 minutes.
- Lightly dust the work surface with flour and begin to roll out a very thin layer of dough, about 5-7 mm thick.
- Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius and send cookies there for 5-10 minutes. It is very important to monitor the dessert in the oven, as different types of capacities are different. That is why we do not advise you to do anything else while preparing flax cookies.
When the surface is covered with a golden crust, you can safely get the cookies out of the oven and immediately try it or spend a few minutes on its decoration, which we will describe in the next paragraph.
Holiday decoration
If you plan not only to eat these cookies yourself, but also to serve them at the festive table, then you can decorate it very, very quickly. But if you are satisfied with the appearance of the dessert, then you can eat it right away. After all, this dessert without decoration is less high-calorie.
- Take the finished cookie and let it cool at room temperature.
- Melt the dark chocolate in a water bath in the meantime. We take one whose percentage of cocoa is above seventy percent, because this means that the amount of sugar and everything else will be at a minimum.
- On cooled cookies we make chocolate stripes using a regular spoon. Scoop some chocolate and at a distance of 20-30 cm drive from side to side with a spoon, leaving such a wonderful mark.
- Leave the cookies in the refrigerator until the chocolate has set, and now it is ready!
Conclusion
Well, finally, we can conclude that healthy food does not have to be tasteless or ugly. She, on the contrary, should catch her eye and make you eat her, and not something harmful.
Thus, after a while you don’t want to buy any package of potato chips at all, because you now know a simple and quick recipe for flax cookies, which is not a pity to spend your own time and some money. And most importantly, it is not only tasty, but also very healthy!