Rustic and crunchy to enjoy at breakfast or whenever we feel like it, today I present to you the whole wheat biscuits with dried fruits.
Simple and without eggs or added sugars, my whole wheat biscuits with dried fruits add to the long list of breakfast sweets I now prepare weekly to start the day healthily.
These biscuits, like previous ones, have dates in the dough which together with apple pulp give a slight and natural sweetness, very pleasant.
As I have explained in many other recipes, usually when on industrial product packages we find ‘without sugars’, it actually refers to granulated sugar, which is replaced by other sweeteners.
Whereas the term ‘no added sugars’ indicates that the sugars are only those naturally contained in the foods, so no sucrose or other sweeteners are added.
And so, since sugars are present in all the foods we consume, trying to limit their use is a good habit that I have adopted as a dietary lifestyle for several months now.
I indulge too if there’s a birthday, an occasion, or on Sundays but where I can, I limit. And so I try to vary starting from breakfast, and I must say I am very satisfied.
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- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Healthy
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 44.02 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 3.43 (g) of which sugars 1.27 (g)
- Proteins 0.77 (g)
- Fat 3.07 (g) of which saturated 0.36 (g)of which unsaturated 2.02 (g)
- Fibers 0.68 (g)
- Sodium 0.44 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 10 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 3/4 cup hazelnuts
- 1/2 cup apple mousse
- 1/2 cup pitted organic dates (or regular)
- 6 1/2 tbsp rice oil
- Half packet baking powder
Tools
- Cookie Cutter
- Food Processor
- Bowl
- Baking Sheets
- Baking Mats
- Work Surface
Steps
– Chop the hazelnuts coarsely and set aside. In the same food processor, put the dried pitted dates and oil and after chopping them, add the apple mousse. Blend with a few pulses.
– Combine the hazelnuts and flours in the bowl, sift the baking powder and after briefly mixing the dry ingredients, add the date and apple mousse.
– Form the dough (it will take just a few minutes), roll it out on a lightly floured work surface and shape the cookies. Place them on a perforated mat or parchment paper.
Place the trays in the fridge and preheat the oven to 355°F. Bake for about 13′ (they should lightly color)
Ingredient Variations:
Rice oil can be replaced with seed or olive oil; apple mousse with apple pulp (previously boiled without skin with little water and then blended)
Whole wheat flour can be replaced with type 2 flour and baking powder with baking soda.
Storage:
– Store in a cookie tin
