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Recipe for Muesli Cookies – Christmas Cookies

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Muesli cookies on a white plate with Christmas decorations
Total time1 hr.
Preparation30 min.
Resting time30 min.

My husband asked for healthier Christmas cookies. Of course, butter and sugar belong in cookie dough, but you can add healthier ingredients like dried fruit, honey, or rolled oats. Here I found a great recipe where you spice up the cookies with a muesli mix. The muesli mix is prepared with healthy rolled oats, cranberries, and apricots. It tastes really good and you don't feel quite as guilty when snacking:

Christmas cookies: Recipe for muesli cookies

Extra tip:Depending on your taste, you can of course prepare the apricots or cranberries with other dried fruits: dried bananas, figs, raisins, plums, dates, etc.

Read also: Christmas cookies – recipe for Wolkenstreifen

Photo by Sabine, meinhaushalt.at

Ingredients

Ingredients for the dough

Ingredients for the topping

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 175°C (top and bottom heat).

  2. For the dough, beat the soft butter with the powdered sugar and the egg until creamy.

  3. Add the flour and knead into a nice smooth dough.

  4. Wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.

  5. In the meantime you can prepare the ingredients for the topping: finely chop the cranberries and apricots.

  6. Bring the butter, honey and whipping cream to a boil in a saucepan.

  7. Now add the apricot pieces and oats, bring briefly to a boil, then add the cranberries.

  8. Let the mixture cool slightly.

  9. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and roll out the dough on a floured work surface to 3-4 mm thickness.

  10. Now you can nicely cut out cookies; we cut circles, flowers and stars.

  11. Place the cookies on the baking sheet and top each with a small heap of the muesli mixture.

  12. Bake the cookies in the oven at 175° C for about 10-15 minutes; the cookies should still be pale.

  13. Allow to cool well and serve dusted with powdered sugar.

Tips & Notes

Depending on taste, you can of course prepare the apricots or cranberries with other dried fruit: dried bananas, figs, raisins, plums, dates, etc.

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