Lenten macaroons

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 20 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake Lenten macaroons? Prepare all the necessary ingredients according to the list. When preparing these cookies, it is best to use healthier oatmeal, that is, those that take a long time to cook.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the raisins, place them in a small deep container and pour boiling water over them for 10-15 minutes so that they are completely covered with water. Then drain the water, place the raisins on a towel and dry them.

3. STEP 3

   

   Preheat the oven to a temperature of 200°C. Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and place nuts on it, in this case almonds. But if you wish, you can replace them, for example, with hazelnuts. Roast the nuts in the oven for 8-12 minutes until a characteristic nutty aroma appears.

4. STEP 4

   

   Then remove the baking sheet and transfer the nuts to a work surface. Cool them down.

5. STEP 5

   

   Next, transfer the nuts to a blender.

6. STEP 6

   

   Grind them until the mixture becomes soft and paste-like. To do this, when chopping nuts in a blender, periodically open the lid and check to what condition the nuts have been brought. To prevent the cookies from turning out too dry, the almonds need to be chopped and brought to the desired consistency for at least 10-15 minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   In a separate bowl, mash a piece of banana and add liquid honey to the banana.

8. STEP 8

   

   Next, add flour sifted through a sieve into this container, add sugar, salt, cinnamon, add baking powder and oatmeal. Also place the nut mass in the bowl. Now mix all the ingredients together so that they are evenly distributed among themselves, and you get a homogeneous single mass.

9. STEP 9

   

   Take the dark chocolate and use a knife to finely chop it. Add chocolate chips and raisins to the bowl with the dough. Stir the dough, but do it quickly so that the chocolate does not start to melt.

10. STEP 10

    

    Now that the dough is ready, form the cookies. To prevent the dough from sticking to your hands when shaping the cookies, you need to keep them wet. Grease the bottom of the formed cookies with vegetable oil and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to a temperature of 180°C and place a baking tray with cookies in it.

11. STEP 11

    

    Bake them for about 13-15 minutes until the chocolate begins to melt. Immediately remove the baking sheet with cookies so as not to dry them out. I ended up with 8 macaroons.

12. STEP 12

    

    Bon appetit!