Cookies, sticks and muffins for babies and toddlers

As soon as children become interested in “real food”, many parents wonder what healthy snacks you can offer them.

In addition to vegetables, fruits, legumes and cereals, you can offer them some appetizing foods such as cookies, sticks and rolls, as long as they are of home brewing with natural healthy ingredients.

When preparing baked recipes for children, it is recommended to avoid white sugar and flour and prepare them so that the crust is soft, especially in the case of babies.

1. Homemade Sugar Free Cookies for Kids

Making homemade cookies is the best way to ensure our cookies contain quality ingredients and aren’t loaded with sugar. And, to make some healthy cookies for babies or children, you don’t need many ingredients. A slight natural sweetness is enough to convince the little ones in terms of taste.

Ingredients (for about 20 cookies):

180 g white spelled flour 60 g fine oat flakes 8-10 soft dates or 4-6 tablespoons of date paste or a very ripe banana 40 ml olive oil 60 ml water or date soaking water

Elaboration:

If the dates are hard, soak them in water for a few hours (or overnight) before processing.

Put the dates together with the olive oil and water in a blender or chopper and grind them until you get a thick pulp. As an alternative to whole dates, mash up a ripe banana or use date paste.

Shape the finished dough into balls, flatten it into cookies, place on a baking sheet or roll out the dough and cut the cookies with a mold. Bake the cookies for 15-20 minutes at 180 ° C (top / bottom heat).

It is convenient not to overdo the baking time, even if it seems that they are soft when they come out of the oven, because they harden when cool.

biscuits for babies they can be kept for several weeks if stored in a cool, dry place. If you want to bake a larger quantity, you can freeze them and bake them again for a few minutes when needed.

For older children, the cookies can be completed with a little vanilla or chopped nuts.

2. Homemade spelled sticks for children

Ingredients (for about 20 sticks):

500 g of spelled flour 2 bananas (as ripe as possible) 2 carrots 150 g of organic margarine without hydrogenated fats 2 teaspoons of sesame seeds 3-4 teaspoons of oats

Elaboration:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees of circulating air. Mash the bananas. Peel the carrots and grate them finely. Mix and knead the bananas, carrots, margarine and flour until they form a homogeneous dough. The dough should still be a bit sticky.Sprinkle the sesame and oat flakes on a silicone sheet.Shape the spelled sticks by dividing the dough into four parts and forming sticks the thickness of a finger. Roll the dough over the sesame seeds and oats so they stick together. This makes the spelled sticks particularly tasty.The finished spelled sticks are placed on a tray lined with greaseproof paper and baked at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes. They’re done when they’re crisp and lightly browned on the outside, but still a bit soft on the inside.

3. Homemade muffins for children

Ingredients (for about 20 sticks):

400 g white spelled flour 1 packet dry yeast 90 ml whole milk (alternatively oat, rice or almond milk) 90 ml water 50 ml olive oil 100 g carrot 100 g apple 1 pinch of salt 1 ripe banana for sweetness (optional)

Elaboration:

Put the flour, milk, yeast, oil and salt in a bowl and knead well until a homogeneous dough is formed. Cover with a kitchen towel and leave to rest for 30 minutes in a warm place. Meanwhile, peel the carrot and the apple and grate it finely with the kitchen grater. Then add it to the dough and work it well again. Shape the dough into balls and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, leaving enough space between them. Cover the baking sheet and let it rest in a warm place for another 30 minutes.Bake at top and bottom temperatures of 350°F or in a 350°F fan oven for about 20 to 25 minutes on the middle rack.Determine if the buns are well-baked with the rod test. Do not bake too long to prevent the crust from hardening. Take the finished rolls out of the oven and let them cool.

these buns can be frozen without problem and, if necessary, thaw at room temperature. They are perfect to take and consume between meals.