Just a little bit of sugar and the pill goes down... But then the scale goes up – and your blood sugar will, too! So – if you can't do without cookies for breakfast, at least try making them without sugar. Here are a few ideas.
Sugar-free cookies with fruit
Before moving on to our three recipes, we want to suggest a few tips to use less regular sugar. The remedy? Fruit! Yep, that’s because fruit is naturally sweet and helps with your health, too! You can use banana pulp, for example. (Best if they’re particularly ripe and sweet.) Or dates, prunes, dried apricots and raisins can be mixed in the dough, as well.
Then again, you can always replace sugar with stevia, but stevia has an aftertaste that some people don’t like. But the real turning point is apple compote, which we suggest you always keep in the fridge. Make it by roasting the apples (diced in cubes) in the oven at 340°F for 1 hour or by stewing them in a pot over low heat for 3 hours. To make the apples even tastier, we suggest adding plenty of cinnamon. Once soft, blend the apples and use this spreadable cream on bread instead of jam or in the cookie dough instead of sugar.
Sugar-free cookies with natural sweeteners
In addition to dehydrated fruit and apple compote, you can sweeten sugar-free cookies with almond or coconut milk, coconut oil or spices such as cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg and chopped fennel seeds. If you have an insatiable sweet-tooth, you can still use chocolate, too! Just make sure it’s 70-80% dark chocolate.
Sugar-free cookies with oats and banana
These sugar-free cookies are very easy to make and very healthy. The sweetness comes from the banana. Make them by crushing the pulp of two bananas. Add 4 oz rolled oats.
Once the batter is ready, you can also flavor it with cinnamon. Or add raisins or chocolate chips, but that depends on personal preference. Spoon the dough in tablespoons onto a baking sheet lined with baking parchment. Bake at 355°F (180°C) in a static oven for about 15 minutes.
Light seed and berry cookies
These sugar-free cookies also have a base made from oats, and they’re super easy to make with just a few more ingredients. Just chop 7 oz rolled oats with 4 oz Medjoul dates or prunes, ¼ cup sunflower or coconut oil and 1 oz water. Then add 1 tablespoon of coarsely chopped almonds, 1 tablespoon of pumpkin seeds, 2 tablespoons of goji berries, 1 tablespoon of raisins and a pinch of salt. This dough doesn’t mix like a regular cookie dough, however. But you should be able to work it well with your hands. In tablespoon-sized mounds, bake the cookies on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment. Bake at 355°F (180°C) for 15 minutes.
Chocolate sugar-free cookies
The kids will love these sugar-free cookies. Plus, they’re a quick and healthy snack!
Blend 4 oz dates with 2 ½ oz cocoa powder, 1 oz almonds and 3 egg whites. Then add a tablespoon of coconut oil and blend once more. Add 1 ½ oz rolled oats and 1 oz shredded coconut and mix to combine. Then form the cookies and bake at 340°F (170°C) in a static oven for 5 minutes. Then turn them over and bake for another 5 minutes. Add some dark chocolate if desired.