How to make organic and healthy cookies?

 How to make organic and healthy cookies?

This small cake decorated with chocolate chips has something to melt us! To make and especially taste cookies without feeling guilty, we offer a healthy and tasty organic version.

On the list of tasty cookies, we find cookies! Whether it's for children's snacks, to accompany yogurt, coffee or tea, cookies know how to invite themselves to our table! But with their high content of butter and sugar, a feeling of guilt can quickly accompany our greed. Rest assured, it is possible to make a healthier version by choosing the ingredients carefully.

Organic cookies: choose the right ingredients

"The ideal is to replace the sugar with a natural sweetener such as a mashed banana, a fruit compote without added sugar. The cookie will only be tastier, the sugar not hiding the flavors of the other ingredients; and in addition better for health ", suggests Sarah Marin-Maire *, dietician-nutritionist and co-founder of Make Me Healthy.

As for butter and eggs, they are not essential in cake recipes. For example, the eggs can be replaced with flax or chia seeds, okara or a banana. The chia seeds that we suggest you use for this recipe are therefore sources of omega 3, fiber and calcium.

A high fiber cookie recipe to avoid blood sugar spikes

On the flour side, we prefer a wholemeal flour. Unlike white or refined flour (type 45 or 55), the germ of the cereal which contains a large part of the vitamins and minerals, phytosterols and lutein, nor the bark which is a source of fiber, has not been removed. . "They make it possible to bring satiety and participate in digestive well-being with an important role in the good functioning of the transit. The fibers also have a primordial role in the regulation of the glycemia (the level of sugar in the blood) since they make it possible to stabilize the latter. A stable blood sugar level prevents blood sugar peaks which lead to falls and thus cravings and generally snacking ", adds Sarah Marin-Maire. Regulated blood sugar has a direct impact on insulin secretion, which is then less strained and therefore limits fat storage. Wheat flour is the most basic, but there are many others (spelled, small spelled, kamut, rye, buckwheat, chestnut ...). To benefit from all the complementary nutrients they offer, the specialist suggests mixing them!

Soft, healthy and organic cookies recipe:

Here is the soft cookie recipe that Sarah Marin-mayor offers us.

• 250g ripe bananas
• 90g dark chocolate (min 80% cocoa)
• 170g wholemeal flour (or mixed oatmeal)
• 15g of chia seeds (or one egg)
• 37 ml of water
• 1 tablespoon of baking powder or baking powder
• 40g of walnuts
• 60g of oilseed puree without added sugar (almond, hazelnut, peanut ...)
• 1 pinch of salt

Instructions for tasty cookies:

• Preheat your oven to 190 ° C.
• In a small bowl, swell the chia seeds with the water.
• In a salad bowl, mash the bananas.
• Add the oilseed puree, wholemeal flour, baking powder, dark chocolate pieces, crushed walnuts, a pinch of salt and the swollen chia seeds.
• Mix to form a homogeneous paste.
• Cover your baking sheet with baking paper and place the dough on it with a tablespoon.
• Cook for 15 minutes then let cool for 10 minutes.

When they are very cold, cookies can be stored in an airtight glass or metal box for about three days. But let's face it, they just might not last long!