Тhis morning I've been browsing through food blogs admiring the inspiring Christmas creations of talented bloggers - festively decorated cakes, pies and cookies.
Although being really attractive in appearance, most of these treats contain lots of sugar, butter and what is worse - various peculiar decorating ingredients like fondan, royal icing, powder sugar, dyes, etc that I cannot call food. In short, I admire the talent of the blog-girls, I think that what they are doing is a kind of art but as I would not eat a piece of art, I would certainly not eat a fondan-covered cookie.
If you feel the same, I am offering you a recipe for alternative Christmas cookies. They might not be that much attractive but you can surely eat them! And if you decide to make them a bit more indulging - lace them with some melted dark chocolate.
Based on oatmeal and containing a mixture of fragrant Christmas spices, these cookies might be wrapped in a box and given as the perfect home-made Christmas gift. Or simply enjoyed in the company of a steaming Masala tea!
And finally, do not forget, that any cookies, no matter weather the unhealthy sweeteners, white flour and butter are avoided in their recipe, need to be eaten in modest quantities and enjoyed as a special treat!
Oatmeal Christmas Cookies
Ingredients:- 2/3 cup rolled oats
- 1 1/2 cup spelt flour
- 85 gm coconut oil
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tbs dark melasa
- 1 egg
- 1 tbs Christmas spices mixes (cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, cardamom)
- 1 tsp baking soda