Many people like to sweeten life with sweets and chocolate. But if, after sweet therapy, it gets warmer in your soul, then your teeth and skin are unlikely to thank you for such a "care". Purchased sweets, in addition to a large amount of sugar, contain many additives in the form of flavors, colorants and flavor enhancers. How to be? There are two options: consume small store goodies or make alternative homemade sweets from nuts and dried fruits. We choose the second!
Eat sweets for health
We can cook first, second, pastries and desserts at home, so why not learn how to make sweets yourself. This is nothing complicated - the ingredients are all available, and the recipe is clear even to the student. There are a lot of variations of sweets from dried fruits and nuts, so we will offer some of the most interesting. The first recipe will be traditional. He will need the most common dried fruits: dried apricots, prunes and black raisins - 100 grams of each type. We take walnuts from nuts (300 grams). Also, for the “gluing” of sweets, prepare honey, half a lemon and a drop of cognac (it is not necessary in a children's serving).
We start cooking. First you need to thoroughly rinse, if necessary, soak for a while, and dry the dried fruit. Slice and peel the lemon. Next, pass all dried fruits with lemon and a third part of nuts through a meat grinder or grind in a blender. Pour cognac, honey into the resulting mass and add another third of chopped walnuts. Using a small spoon, form balls and roll them in the rest of the chopped nuts. Sweets from nuts and dried fruits are ready. Put sweets on tracing paper and put in a cool place. Now you have a wholesome and tasty sweet for evening tea drinking.
Sweet fantasies
When you already know how easy and simple it is to make sweets with nuts and dried fruits, you can try experimenting with combinations. It was suggested above to use classic dried fruits and the most popular walnut in our country. And here is another, more interesting combination: dates, poppy seeds, raisins and coconut. These candies are prepared exactly as described in the first recipe. Chips are used as dusting, but you can also put them in the filling.
Here's another good combination for sweets made from nuts and dried fruits: cherries, dates, almonds, cashews, raisins and sesame seeds. For a better taste, nuts and sesame seeds can be lightly fried, and the cherries cut into slices, and not chopped in a meat grinder. You can make sweet balls from prunes, dates and almonds, sprinkle with coconut flakes on the outside, and hide a surprise inside - a whole hazelnut. Sweets will be even tastier if you pour them with melted black and white chocolate or roll them in cocoa powder. Then these homemade sweets cannot be distinguished from purchased ones. Unless they will be hundreds of times healthier, and perhaps even tastier.
Make the right choice
Sweets made from nuts and dried fruits are an ideal alternative to sweets that we regularly buy in the store. This is a benefit, and taste, and opportunities for the embodiment of fantasy. You can give sweets any look, shape, and most importantly, choose your own components from start to finish. Join forces with children so that the culinary process turns into a fun time together. Then homemade sweets from nuts and dried fruits are a child and you will eat with even greater pleasure.