Malted Milk, Oats and Coconut Cookies

What a great evening, start of a 4 day loooong break! Doing the happy dance nowJ

Done with a milestone at work, finally got some breathing space and yes I managed  do some baking after 3 long weeks.

I have made plans to catch up with my two best friends,  a list of to-do items including baking.And I got to catch  up on those scrumptious updates from you all which I have been missing for last couple of weeks

Back to today’s recipe, it’s a mix of my three favorite ingredients: Malt powder / Horlicks, Coconut and Oats.Now that can’t go wrong..right?

Malted Milk, Oats and Coconut Cookies

Ingredients

1/2  Cup Instant Oats

1/2 Cup Flour

1/3 Cup Sugar

1/4 Cup Malted Milk Powder/Horlicks

1/3 Cup Desiccated Coconut

½ tspn Baking powder

70gms Butter

1-2 tbspn Milk

Directions

Preheat the oven to 180 Degree

Mix together the dry ingredients and make a well in the center

Add the melted butter and a 1-2 tbspn milk and mix well until combined into a soft dough.

Roll tablespoon of batter into balls, flatten lightly and place in a tray.

Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown

Let it cool on a wire rack and enjoy the crunchy cookies

Fig and Date Balls

Eureka! I have found the perfect guilt free snack! And what more ,its eggless, no bake and not even any cooking involved.

And with the added goodness of dates, figs , almonds and Oats!

Me being a sneak, I didn’t tell about the hidden Oats and nuts and gave the Sweet balls to DH who absolutely hates anything with a healthy tag on it!

He thought its some laddu and gorged on it and finished it in no time!

Later in the evening, he was searching the refrigerator for the sweet ballsJ

And he was like, it was soo good and you made such a small batch! And that’s when I reveled the secret ingredientsJ

I told him that in fact it had all his “enemy” stuff in it!

Still he was telling me that Oats and nuts are well hidden and next time I should make a larger batch!

So waste no time in whipping, mixing and baking instead try this Super power Fig and Date balls .

I bet these will satisfy your sweet tooth!

Fig and Date Balls

Ingredients

4 Dried Figs

8-10 Dates

10 almonds

3 tbspn Instant Oats

Directions

In a food processor or Mixer ,powder the oats first and keep aside.No need to make it a fine powder. Just a single pulse will do.

Next pulse the almonds for few seconds.

Now add the chopped dates and figs and pulse for few seconds.

Take the mix out to a plate, the mix will be quite sticky now.

Add the oats and mix well . The oats will absorb any left moisture and the mix will be no longer sticky.

Next , roll one tbpsn each to balls and enjoy the healthy snack

This is my entry to the favourite healthy snack recipe event hosted by Nags and Megha