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Ingredients
Oat Cookies with Almonds and Walnuts
- Ingredients
- 7 Tbsps butter
- 4 ozs sugar (and additional for sprinkling)
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 eggs
- 7 ozs Pastry flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 3 ½ ozs fine Oats
- 3 Tbsps slivered almonds
- 3 Tbsps chopped Walnut
- 3 Tbsps milk
Beat the butter, sugar and salt until fluffy. Gradually stir in the eggs gradually.
Mix the flour with the baking powder and oatmeal and stir into the butter mixture.
Add the almonds and walnuts and mix everything with a little milk until dough is easy to work with.
Drop the dough into small mounds about 1 1/2 inches apart on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
Bake in an oven preheated to 325°F about 15 minutes until golden brown. Let cool and remove to a wire rack. Sprinkle with sugar.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 79 cal. | (4 %) | ||
| Protein | 2 g | (2 %) | ||
| Fat | 5 g | (4 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 8 g | (5 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 3 g | (12 %) | ||
| Roughage | 0.5 g | (2 %) |
Healthy, because
Oatmeal is a domestic superfood because it contains a soluble fibre (beta-glucan) which has a positive effect on cholesterol levels. The EFSA (European Food and Saftey Authority) also sees it this way and approves a health claim for the cereal: "...oat beta-glucan lowers / reduces the cholesterol level in the blood. Lowering blood cholesterol levels can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
Even smarter
The cookies can not only be prepared for Christmas, but as cookies in the summer they are just as well received as a small snack. To add a little freshness to the cookies, you can add apple sauce to half the butter. A pinch of cinnamon as a spice is very suitable for the winter variant.