Are you wondering how to make a healthy Oreo cookie? A diy Oreo recipe with healthy ingredients and no refined sugar? You have come to the right place.
My daughters love Oreo cookies.…And this was my daughter’s personal challenge to me. She wanted me to make a healthy Oreo cookie. So, here are some ideas to make your homemade Oreo healthier.
Upgrade my Oreo
Here are the ways in which I made Oreos healthier:
- I used whole wheat flour in my cookie.
- I added wheat germ to my cookie. Wheat germ boosts the nutritional profile of my cookie. Check out this post to see the benefits of wheat germ. By the way, it adds an awesome chewy texture in the cookie, which was a double bonus.
- I have substituted honey as a sweetener instead of refined white sugar and high fructose corn syrup in Oreos.
- I used almond as my inside filling which makes its richer in protein compared to the palm oil used in the Oreos.
Step by Step pics
In a bowl, add whole wheat flour, wheat germ, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and milk powder
Add the wet ingredients – butter and honey and knead into a ball
Place the dough in the freezer for 20 minutes. After that, make small balls (about 1 tbspn dough) and place them on a buttered sheet.
Next, use a Ziploc sheet to press out cookies. I was inspired to use this technique from Feastingonfruit.com. This is a much easier technique than the traditional rolling out the huge dough, cutting out shapes, re-converging the leftovers and repeat.
Place the cookies in 350F oven. Mine took about 9 minutes to get done. They go in looking like this..
Come out looking like this…
For the filling:
I used soaked and peeled almonds for getting the white color. If soaking and peeling sounds like too much work for you, you could substitute cashews or macadamias for a white color. Long time readers know I am not a fan of cashews nutritionally. But, almond has a really good nutritional profile, and those who don’t care to get the color exactly right could also use almonds directly without soaking.
Roast the wet, peeled almonds in the 350F oven for about 20 minutes. If using almonds directly without soaking, they only need to be roasted 8-10 minutes.
Add oven roasted almonds to food processor and powder finely. This will take time – be patient. You will need to open and scrape the sides a few times.
Add 3 Tbsp of honey and blend until you get a smooth and sweet filling.
Take it out into a bowl. Make balls out of 1 tbspn of filling and add to the cookie.
Are you ready for yumminess?
Chomp…
Recipe
Here's how to make a healthy Oreo cookie. Healthy ingredients, no refined sugar and more protein than the storebought version.
- 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
- 1/4 cup Wheat Germ
- 1/4 cup Cocoa Powder
- 1/8 cup Milk Powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 cup Butter
- 1/4 cup Honey
- 1 cup Almonds
- 3 Tbsp Honey
- Splash of Vanilla
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In a bowl, add the dry ingredients - whole wheat flour, wheat germ, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and milk powder.
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Add the wet ingredients - butter (room temperature) and honey and knead the batter just enough to bring it into a large ball. It will be a little sticky.
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Place the dough in the freezer for 20 minutes. The butter will set and make the dough a little more firm making it easier to handle next.
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Take the dough out of the freezer and make balls (about 1 Tablespoon dough) each. I got 14 balls, which would give me 7 large cookies.
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If the weather is warm, freeze the balls once more for 5-10 min. Again this will firm up the butter and make it easier to press it out.
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Using a plastic sheet, press out the balls into circular disks, using the back of a regular drinking glass. The plastic sheet (at the top and bottom of the ball) helps to avoid dough stickiness and it will peel out clean.
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Place the cookies in 350F oven. They will be ready between 8-10 minutes.
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Soak almonds overnight. Peel the almonds one by one.
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Place the peeled, wet almonds in a 350F oven for about 20 minutes until they are dry and a little roasted.
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Place the roasted almonds in the food processor and process them until it becomes a fine powder.
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Add the honey, vanilla and run it again. Open the processor once or twice to scrape out the honey stuck to the edges.
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Take the almond filling mixture in a bowl.
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Assemble and serve!! Yumm yumm!!
Conclusion
I hope this inspires you to bake a healthy oreo chocolate cookie at home. What are your thoughts on Oreo? Share your comments down below. I love to hear from all of you.
Nice recipe, was looking for some healthier substitute for my toddlers cream biscuit obsession. Will definitely try this and let you know
Awesome!! Hope your little one enjoys it!!