Millet Cookies
I have been following a lot of healthy vegetarian and vegan food blogs these days and I am inspired by the way they use new beans, nuts, lentils, millets and flours in their kitchen. I think it’s very important to have a wide variety of food for a healthy diet.
Yesterday I bought some organic peal millet flour to try and add more varieties of flours into my diet. I thought of trying out a cookie recipe with it. I used pearl millet flour as the base with some quick cooking oats added to it. I also added some of my quick cooking mixed millets for a little bit of crunch! After trying the mixed millets in a vegetable soup I was sure they will taste great in cookies!
Cookies turned out good! My daughter really enjoyed them and we had finished more than half of them in a couple of hours. They are quite soft and brittle. Not really crispy but crunchy from the millets in them. They went very well with my evening cup of tea 
I am convinced that stocking my pantry with healthy foods is the best way to eat better. Do not fear to experiment with them! Try to add them to your everyday food in innovative ways.
Harmless cookies and cakes we snack on in between meals are usually filled with too much sugar and preservatives. I have decided to bake some healthy muffins and cookies often from now on! They really take very little time to make and are packed with nutrients!
quick cooking mixed millets
peal millet flour
bake them for just 10 minutes!
Healthy Millet Cookies
packed with nutrients
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- 1 ½ cups of peal millet flour
- ½ cup quick cooking oats
- ½ cup quick cooking millets
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup olive oil
- 4 tbsp yogurt
Mix all the dry ingredients and wet ingredients in two separate bowls. Put the wet mixture to the dry and mix well. It should come to a soft dough consistency. If it’s too hard add a spoon or two of yogurt till it is soft. Make little round ball with your palms and press them lightly. Handle them with care as they can break easily.
Bake them on a greased (or parchment paper covered) tray at 160°C for 10 minutes. It’ll still be soft when you take it out of the oven and harden as it cools down.
12 comments :
Sanjeeta kk June 28, 2011 11:31AM
Oh this is lovely creation, Chinmayi! Would love to bake one soon.
Maria @ Scandifoodie June 26, 2011 6:08AM
These sound perfect, I love using millet in sweet baking!
Nami @Just One Cookbook June 25, 2011 9:09PM
I haven’t tried millet cookies before, but I’ve seen on several bloggers baked this type of cookies. It must be very popular ingredient right now among bakers. So curious how it tastes like! They look delicious too. Yum!
Tanvi@SinfullySpicy June 25, 2011 6:28PM
I love the color mix in the bowl of millet.Kudos girlie- I can never dare to bake with such an unusual item.Your cookies can give a tough time to normal ones- they look pretty & perfectly cracked- which is the part I love best abt cookies!
Chinmayie June 27, 2011 4:39PM
Thank you Tanvi!
Chinmayie June 25, 2011 12:57PM
Thank you guys
Maureen June 25, 2011 5:37AM
These look perfect to dunk into my cup of tea!
Lindsey@Lindselicious June 24, 2011 10:20PM
These look good- I imagine they are similar to like digestives? (Like the cookies from Britian) Love the healthy expirementing you are doing! You are motivating me to try all those new ingredients and add ins.
Chinmayie June 25, 2011 1:00PM
Yeah… I think they are a little like digestives. Glad you like my experiments
torviewtoronto June 24, 2011 8:45PM
wonderful looking cookies I haven’t had this combination
Ashwini June 24, 2011 4:25PM
Chinnu I liked your blog with pictures.. Your recipes are healthy and quick and easy to make and that is the best part! I do cooking here so tried few recipes and i loved it. Millet cookies looks yummi, missing a oven to try it here!! will try this one soon !
Chinmayie June 25, 2011 12:58PM
Thank you Ashu! Glad you like my recipes