We start the month of December and with it come the typical Christmas sweets that we like so much. The problem is that classic recipes or ultra-processed treats are full of sugars or unhealthy ingredients. That's why we show you some recipes for fit almond and oatmeal mantecados.
It is possible to make healthy polvorones with good fats and without using refined flours. As you will see, the preparation is quite simple since we avoid some steps of the classic recipe, such as toasting the almond and the flour. We are going to use the quick mode with ground almonds, although you could also toast the ground almonds before making the dough. Even so, by using the almond cream we will be providing a powerful flavor of this dried fruit.
Fit mantecados recipe for the whole year
Although these sweets are typical of Christmas and the cold season, the truth is that they are composed of healthy ingredients that we can find in supermarkets throughout the year. So if you fancy them and you don't want to bet on ultra-processed ones, don't be shy about making a good portion of polvorones.
Ingredients
- 100 grams of ground almonds (almond flour)
- 150 grams of oatmeal
- 150 grams of erythritol
- 100 grams of ghee
- 70 grams of 100% almond cream
- Cinnamon to taste
- Powdered milk (optional)
Preparation
In a bowl, add the ground almonds, oatmeal and erythritol (or your preferred sweetener).
Add the ghee, almond cream and ground cinnamon to taste.
With very clean hands, mix all the ingredients until you get a homogeneous dough.
Then start to make a ball with the dough, put it in plastic wrap, shape it into a cylinder and put it in the refrigerator until it is very hard.
Prepare a cookie sheet with greaseproof paper.
Remove the almond shortbread dough when it is hard and cut the cylinder into slices less than 1 cm.
Go putting them on the tray.
Preheat the oven to 185ºC up and down.
Put the shortbread tray in for 15 minutes.
Then, take them out of the oven and let them cool before touching them. If you feel like it, sprinkle on some powdered milk.
