The benefits of oatmeal cookies for children and the best recipes

Oatmeal cookies like many with their special taste, but is it beneficial for children? From what age is it permissible to start treating a child with such baking? Is it possible to give karapuzu shop cookies or is it better to bake at home with your own hands? Such questions interest every caring mother.

The main ingredient of this type of cookies are oatmeal or oatmeal. Most often, the flakes are combined with wheat flour, but there are recipes without flour. As a sweetener, oatmeal cookies may contain honey, sugar, candied fruits or dried fruits. In many recipes there is butter, which is often replaced with margarine. Also in the composition of the cookies can be ingredients such as eggs, bananas, kefir, nuts, cinnamon and other products.

The child will receive vegetable proteins, healthy fats, carotenes, fiber and vitamin compounds from oatmeal or oatmeal as part of cookies. When baking, such beneficial substances remain in the product. They improve the work of the intestine, lower the level of sugar and cholesterol in the blood, support the health of the crumbs.

Oatmeal cookies are often offered to a child along with a mug of cocoa or milk. Having eaten this cookie during breakfast, you can get a supply of energy for a long time. Also, such pastries will be a great snack option, especially with increased physical or mental stress. In addition, with the help of oatmeal cookies such a useful cereal can be introduced into the diet of children who refuse oatmeal.

• Oatmeal cookies contain gluten protein, therefore it is contraindicated for gluten intolerance and is not recommended for allergy sufferers.
• Shop oatmeal cookies are often baked on margarine, so the child will receive low-quality fats from it.
• Oatmeal cookies from the store also contain an excess of sugar, so it is not recommended for people with diabetes and tooth decay.
• Flavoring agents, emulsifiers, antioxidants and other chemical additives may also be present in the store cookie.
• Since the calorie content of oatmeal cookies in most cases is very high, this baking has to be limited with a tendency to overweight.

When buying oatmeal cookies, choose a product with the correct shape and a rough surface. Give preference to cookies with a pale color, which has no glossy shine.

For children, it is preferable to buy the oatmeal cookies in the package, because it is better preserved. If you take such a product by weight, by all means smell the cookies - it should have a clear flavor of oatmeal. Buying cookies in a pack, be sure to look at the shelf life and composition of the product. It is best for children to take such baking with a minimum of chemical additives and the shortest possible time to sell.

Before you treat oatmeal cookies from the kids' store, be sure to try the product yourself. Do not give your child too hard and crispy cookies, as well as pastries with an unpleasant aftertaste or strange smell.

Without a doubt, homemade oatmeal cookies made with love are much better than the ready-made version bought in the store.

You can prepare such pastries for children according to several recipes:

1. Cookies from oatmeal. Take 200 g of such flour (it can be ready or cooked with your own hands from oat flakes) and 75 g of wheat flour, mix by adding a little vanilla. Separately, whisk 100 g of butter, 70 g of sugar and 1 egg. In another container, mix the sour cream (2 tablespoons) with a pinch of soda. Combine all the ingredients, mixing them carefully. Putting the mass on a baking tray with a spoon, bake for 15 minutes.
2. Oatmeal cookies with banana. Grind in a blender or with a fork 2 large or 3 small bananas. Add about 2 cups of oatmeal to the banana puree, 100 ml of milk, a small piece of butter and a little raisin, which should be soaked in water for a while. Stir all ingredients, spread mass with a spoon on a baking sheet, forming small flat cakes. Bake for about 20 minutes.
3. Oatmeal cookies on kefir. Take half a glass of kefir at room temperature, add 100 g of oatmeal to it and let it swell for 40-50 minutes. Next, take 10 grams of raisins, walnuts and sunflower seeds. Soak the raisins in warm water, and chop the seeds and nuts to crumbs. Add nuts, seeds, raisins (without liquid) and 1-2 teaspoons of honey to the swollen oatmeal. Mix well, put the mass with a spoon on a parchment or silicone mat. Bake these cookies for about 20 minutes.

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