Baby formula cookies are a great treat that you can easily make at home. This product will be appreciated by any family member for its excellent taste. In addition, baking turns out to be very healthy, since the mixture itself contains more vitamins and microelements than regular milk. So if you have some baby formula left at home, you can replace milk with it.
Baby food cookies
Children's instant porridge makes delicious cookies. Making such a dish is very simple. You need approximately 200 g of this mixture. You will also need 100 g of butter, 1 glass of water and the same amount of sugar. You need to prepare half a cup of flour in advance. Additionally, you need 1 chicken egg and a little soda (half a small spoon), which will need to be extinguished.
It turns out an unexpectedly tasty treat from an ordinary, quickly soluble product. The cookies come out soft and fragrant. By the way, it is necessary to take into account that the taste of the product will be different if you use different baby formulas for baking.
First you need to mix the sugar and egg, and then beat them. Now you need to wait 10 minutes for the sugar to dissolve. Next, prepare all the remaining ingredients for the dough and pour them into a large bowl. At first it seems that there is a lack of moisture in the dough, but then the mixture is saturated with water. You just need to keep stirring the mass.
Now you need to leave the resulting dough for 20-30 minutes so that it begins to swell. Only then add more flour and knead again. The dough will be very tender, and even a beginner can work with it. It doesn't stick to your fingers. You can add a little vanilla for a pleasant aroma. Now all that remains is to roll out a piece of dough and cut out various figures from it using special molds. The child will really like this. If you don’t have them on hand, you can make do with balls. You just need to pinch off small pieces from the total mass and roll them into small balls. You can also make figures with your own hands or cut them with a knife.
Then you need to grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil and place pieces of dough on it. The distance between the figures should be small, since the dough itself will not rise much in the oven, but will only brown. When the cookies are ready, all that remains is to sprinkle them with powdered sugar and treat them to the whole family.
Curd hit
What could be tastier than healthy cottage cheese baked goods for children? For example, golden-brown cheesecakes, which we ourselves eagerly ate as kids, are the best homemade baked goods for young children. Pour in 30 g of yeast and 2 tbsp. l. sugar with a glass of warm milk, leave the mixture for 10 minutes. Next, add the beaten egg, 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, 1 tsp. salt and gradually add 500 g of flour. Roll out round cakes from the dough, make indentations in them and fill them with a filling of 300 g of cottage cheese, 2 tbsp. l. sour cream, 2 tbsp. l. sugar, eggs and a pinch of vanilla. Place the cheesecakes in an oven preheated to 200°C - after 40 minutes, delicious baked goods for children are ready.
Other recipes
Making cookies from baby formula is very simple. You can use other recipes as well. Usually the whole process takes a little time, but the resulting sweets will be no worse in taste and aroma than those that can be purchased in the store. The dough that comes out is not quite shortbread, but at the same time not biscuit-like - something in between, but very tasty and soft.
- Raisin cookies.
You will need to take baby food - approximately 200 g. You will also need 100 g of sugar and butter. You need 250 g of flour and 200 ml of water. Additionally, a pinch of soda, 1 chicken egg and 50 g of raisins are required. By the way, the latter must first be washed and kept in warm water for some time so that it swells. These ingredients will be enough for 6 servings.
First you need to mix the sugar with the egg and beat until you get a homogeneous mass. Then melt the butter over low heat, then cool and add the egg-sugar mixture. Mix everything thoroughly. Then add water, add baby food and mix. Do not touch the dough for a while so that it swells a little. Then you need to add soda, having previously extinguished it, and flour. Mix everything again so that there are no lumps. Lastly, add the raisins. Before baking the dough, you first need to keep it in the freezer. Then, when sculpting figures, it will not stick to your fingers. Then roll it into a sheet. Its thickness should be no more than 1 cm. Cut out the figures. Bake them for 20 minutes, but the oven temperature should not exceed 180°C.
- Cookies with cocoa.
You will need 100 g of water per 300 g of baby food. You also need 250 g of sugar, 50 g of cocoa and 200 g of butter. First you need to mix water and sugar and boil the liquid. Then add oil there and boil again. The syrup will become thicker. Baby food should be mixed with cocoa and poured in small portions into sweet syrup. To prevent lumps from forming, stir constantly. The dough should be warm. Figures are prepared from it and baked in the oven. You can pour chocolate on top.
When to include in the diet
It is allowed to offer baked goods to a child for the first time at the age of 1.5 years.
True, some baked goods, for example, baby cookies, are introduced into complementary foods earlier - already from 6 months. Dryers and croutons, dietary biscuits - aged from one year. Babies are bought special products that are sold in baby food departments. As for baked goods that adults eat, you need to wait up to one and a half years. At this age, it is allowed to give the child a piece of homemade biscuit.
Any store-bought baked goods are strictly prohibited for children under three years of age. It is worth noting that pediatricians strongly recommend postponing your introduction to store-bought cakes, pies, rolls and cookies until a later age (the later the better). Sweets are not healthy and quickly become addictive and addictive.
You can’t get carried away with homemade delicacies either. Firstly, even the simplest baked goods for children should not appear on the table often. Secondly, you need to treat your baby in small portions in order to notice intolerance to certain foods in time.
Cake and pie
If you are wondering what can be made from baby formula, then not only cookies, but also other treats would be an excellent solution. Here are the most popular recipes:
- Pie.
You can make a very tasty pie from regular baby formula. You only need 2 cups of this product. One of them will go for the cream, and the other for the pie itself. In addition, you need to take a glass of flour, sour cream, sugar. You also need 4 eggs and half a small spoon of baking powder.
You need to mix sugar, flour, baby formula and beat the eggs. All this can be done manually, using a regular whisk, or using a mixer. The cake should be free of lumps, so the dough should be kneaded thoroughly. The consistency should be medium - neither thick nor overly liquid. It should be approximately the same as high-quality fat sour cream. Then the resulting dough must be poured into a pie pan, which has been thoroughly greased with sunflower or butter. Now you need to put the mold in the oven, which is already preheated to 200°C. The pie will be ready in about half an hour. After this, the product must cool slightly and only then is it allowed to take it out of the mold and cut it. If you wish, you can sprinkle powdered sugar on top or decorate everything with pieces of fruit.
- Cake.
“Malyutka” mixtures are perfect for making a delicious cake. The dough requires about a glass of this product. The same amount of flour and 200 g of sugar. In addition, you will need a packet of baking powder and a couple of eggs. But a cake without cream will not be as tasty. To prepare it you need 0.5 cups of milk mixture and sour cream, and another 100 g of sugar.
To get the cake, you first need to mix the sugar with the eggs and beat thoroughly. Then add baking powder and flour to them and mix to form a thick mass. You need to grease the baking mold and pour the resulting dough into it. The cake will be very tasty. The dough should remain in the oven until it acquires a golden hue at medium temperature.
But the cake will not work without cream. To prepare it, you need to mix baby food with sugar and sour cream and beat. The resulting cake just needs to be poured with such a thick cream, and then put in the refrigerator to harden. The cream will cool and take shape and harden.
Pancakes and roll
Baby formula can be used to create many delicious foods. Another easiest option is pancakes. And it also turns out to be an interesting roll.
- Pancakes.
The composition of the main mass for pancakes includes 18-20 large spoons of baby formula. You will also need 0.5 g of water and 1.5 large spoons of any vegetable oil. In addition, you need to prepare a couple of eggs in advance and sugar and salt to taste. You will also need flour, but you will need to add a little of it as needed. Baby formula should be mixed with water. Then add sugar, a little salt and eggs. After this, mix thoroughly again. Then add flour, adding only a spoonful at a time and stirring slowly. The mass should be completely homogeneous, with a consistency like sour cream.
Then you need to leave it for half an hour to let it brew. After this, add a little vegetable oil, stir and start baking pancakes, after thoroughly heating the pan. It also needs to be greased with vegetable oil before the first pancake. Then each finished pancake is greased with butter.
- Roll.
Baby formula makes a delicious roll. This is also an interesting dish, but very simple to prepare. In the end you will get a soft and juicy treat that is perfect for tea drinking. To prepare it, you need to take a glass of regular milk powder mixture. This is approximately 7 large spoons. The same amount of sugar is needed (but can be reduced or increased depending on taste) and flour. You will also need a few eggs (up to three) and a little soda or, instead, regular baking powder. The filling is jam, jam or anything else to taste.
To prepare the roll, you need to take the baby mixture and mix it with sugar and flour. Then soda is added and eggs are beaten. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed to form a liquid mass similar to sour cream.
Next, you should prepare tracing paper or special paper for baking. You can also use a standard baking sheet, but this option is not so convenient. The dough is poured there, having previously greased the surface with vegetable oil. After this it is sent to the oven. It takes from 15 minutes to half an hour - it depends on the temperature. When the dough becomes soft, but not yet dense, it should be removed from the oven, greased with filling and wrapped, giving the shape of a roll. You can decorate the top with cinnamon, chocolate, powdered sugar, and other spices and sweets.
Making candy
Baby formula not only produces excellent baked goods, but also delicious candies. For example, the following recipes are suitable:
- Truffles.
To do this, you need to take about 4.5 cups of baby formula. It is better to choose the “Malyutka” product. 4 cups will be needed for the candies themselves, and another half cup is for rolling. Additionally, you need to take 50 g of coconut and butter, 4 tablespoons of cocoa, a little less than a glass of milk and 2.5 cups of sugar.
To make truffles at home, you first need to mix cocoa, milk, sugar and butter. Then put the mixture on low heat and keep it there until the sugar dissolves. Be sure to stir. Then cool and continue stirring until the mixture becomes thicker and resembles dough. Now you need to knead it with your hands and shape it into balls. Then they should be rolled in baby formula and coconut flakes.
- Candy with nuts.
Using baby formula, you can get delicious candies using a different recipe. It’s best to also take the “Malyutka” package. In addition, you will need 150 g of walnuts and butter, as well as half a cup of milk, a couple of spoons of cocoa and a pack of waffles. First you need to mix milk, butter and cocoa. Boil over low heat for several minutes, then cool. Now add baby formula. Then add walnuts, but chop them first. Stir everything. When the mass thickens, you need to knead it with your hands and form cones. Now you need to break the waffles and grind them using a grater, and then roll the candies in them.
How to properly feed your baby baked goods
In order not to overfeed the child and not interfere with normal digestion, you should follow a few simple rules.
- Baked goods are allowed to be given occasionally, no more than 2-3 times a week.
- Any dough products are quite high in calories, so you don’t need to give them between main meals (this will curb your appetite) and before bed. Ideal during lunch.
- Light biscuit dough can be given to the baby in the morning or as an afternoon snack. Definitely with a drink: juice or dairy products. Biscuit crackers can be soaked in milk and the resulting porridge can be treated to a child. Allowed since one and a half years.
- It is allowed to treat your baby to products made from shortcrust pastry no more than 2 times a week. Children over 2 years old can be given from 15 to 50 grams of homemade shortbread cookies per day.
Baby food cookies
Children's instant porridge makes delicious cookies. Making such a dish is very simple. You need approximately 200 g of this mixture. You will also need 100 g of butter, 1 glass of water and the same amount of sugar. You need to prepare half a cup of flour in advance. Additionally, you need 1 chicken egg and a little soda (half a small spoon), which will need to be extinguished.
It turns out an unexpectedly tasty treat from an ordinary, quickly soluble product. The cookies come out soft and fragrant. By the way, it is necessary to take into account that the taste of the product will be different if you use different baby formulas for baking.
First you need to mix the sugar and egg, and then beat them. Now you need to wait 10 minutes for the sugar to dissolve. Next, prepare all the remaining ingredients for the dough and pour them into a large bowl. At first it seems that there is a lack of moisture in the dough, but then the mixture is saturated with water. You just need to keep stirring the mass.
Now you need to leave the resulting dough for 20-30 minutes so that it begins to swell. Only then add more flour and knead again. The dough will be very tender, and even a beginner can work with it. It doesn't stick to your fingers. You can add a little vanilla for a pleasant aroma. Now all that remains is to roll out a piece of dough and cut out various figures from it using special molds. The child will really like this. If you don’t have them on hand, you can make do with balls. You just need to pinch off small pieces from the total mass and roll them into small balls. You can also make figures with your own hands or cut them with a knife.
Then you need to grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil and place pieces of dough on it. The distance between the figures should be small, since the dough itself will not rise much in the oven, but will only brown. When the cookies are ready, all that remains is to sprinkle them with powdered sugar and treat them to the whole family.
Other recipes
Making cookies from baby formula is very simple. You can use other recipes as well. Usually the whole process takes a little time, but the resulting sweets will be no worse in taste and aroma than those that can be purchased in the store. The dough that comes out is not quite shortbread, but at the same time not biscuit-like - something in between, but very tasty and soft.
- Raisin cookies.
You will need to take baby food - approximately 200 g. You will also need 100 g of sugar and butter. You need 250 g of flour and 200 ml of water. Additionally, a pinch of soda, 1 chicken egg and 50 g of raisins are required. By the way, the latter must first be washed and kept in warm water for some time so that it swells. These ingredients will be enough for 6 servings.
First you need to mix the sugar with the egg and beat until you get a homogeneous mass. Then melt the butter over low heat, then cool and add the egg-sugar mixture. Mix everything thoroughly. Then add water, add baby food and mix. Do not touch the dough for a while so that it swells a little. Then you need to add soda, having previously extinguished it, and flour. Mix everything again so that there are no lumps. Lastly, add the raisins. Before baking the dough, you first need to keep it in the freezer. Then, when sculpting figures, it will not stick to your fingers. Then roll it into a sheet. Its thickness should be no more than 1 cm. Cut out the figures. Bake them for 20 minutes, but the oven temperature should not exceed 180°C.
- Cookies with cocoa.
You will need 100 g of water per 300 g of baby food. You also need 250 g of sugar, 50 g of cocoa and 200 g of butter. First you need to mix water and sugar and boil the liquid. Then add oil there and boil again. The syrup will become thicker. Baby food should be mixed with cocoa and poured in small portions into sweet syrup. To prevent lumps from forming, stir constantly. The dough should be warm. Figures are prepared from it and baked in the oven. You can pour chocolate on top.
Apple roses
Baking buns with apples for children is also one of the unforgettable classics. The dough for them is mixed from 250 ml of milk, 25 g of yeast, 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, 2 eggs, ½ cup sugar and 2½ cups flour. Baking with milk for children is the most delicious, although kefir is also suitable. Caramelize 3 apples, cut into thin slices, with 130 g of sugar, add 100 g of raisins and 1 tsp. cinnamon. Roll out the dough into a thick layer, cover it with filling (the plates should be laid slightly overlapping each other), fold the edges over each other and compact. Cut the layer into strips, twist each into a spiral and bake for 20 minutes at 180°C. Give these baked goods to your children at school - they will happily enjoy them during recess.
Cake and pie
If you are wondering what can be made from baby formula, then not only cookies, but also other treats would be an excellent solution. Here are the most popular recipes:
- Pie.
You can make a very tasty pie from regular baby formula. You only need 2 cups of this product. One of them will go for the cream, and the other for the pie itself. In addition, you need to take a glass of flour, sour cream, sugar. You also need 4 eggs and half a small spoon of baking powder.
You need to mix sugar, flour, baby formula and beat the eggs. All this can be done manually, using a regular whisk, or using a mixer. The cake should be free of lumps, so the dough should be kneaded thoroughly. The consistency should be medium - neither thick nor overly liquid. It should be approximately the same as high-quality fat sour cream. Then the resulting dough must be poured into a pie pan, which has been thoroughly greased with sunflower or butter. Now you need to put the mold in the oven, which is already preheated to 200°C. The pie will be ready in about half an hour. After this, the product must cool slightly and only then is it allowed to take it out of the mold and cut it. If you wish, you can sprinkle powdered sugar on top or decorate everything with pieces of fruit.
- Cake.
“Malyutka” mixtures are perfect for making a delicious cake. The dough requires about a glass of this product. The same amount of flour and 200 g of sugar. In addition, you will need a packet of baking powder and a couple of eggs. But a cake without cream will not be as tasty. To prepare it you need 0.5 cups of milk mixture and sour cream, and another 100 g of sugar.
To get the cake, you first need to mix the sugar with the eggs and beat thoroughly. Then add baking powder and flour to them and mix to form a thick mass. You need to grease the baking mold and pour the resulting dough into it. The cake will be very tasty. The dough should remain in the oven until it acquires a golden hue at medium temperature.
But the cake will not work without cream. To prepare it, you need to mix baby food with sugar and sour cream and beat. The resulting cake just needs to be poured with such a thick cream, and then put in the refrigerator to harden. The cream will cool and take shape and harden.
Pancakes and roll
Baby formula can be used to create many delicious foods. Another easiest option is pancakes. And it also turns out to be an interesting roll.
- Pancakes.
The composition of the main mass for pancakes includes 18-20 large spoons of baby formula. You will also need 0.5 g of water and 1.5 large spoons of any vegetable oil. In addition, you need to prepare a couple of eggs in advance and sugar and salt to taste. You will also need flour, but you will need to add a little of it as needed. Baby formula should be mixed with water. Then add sugar, a little salt and eggs. After this, mix thoroughly again. Then add flour, adding only a spoonful at a time and stirring slowly. The mass should be completely homogeneous, with a consistency like sour cream.
Then you need to leave it for half an hour to let it brew. After this, add a little vegetable oil, stir and start baking pancakes, after thoroughly heating the pan. It also needs to be greased with vegetable oil before the first pancake. Then each finished pancake is greased with butter.
- Roll.
Baby formula makes a delicious roll. This is also an interesting dish, but very simple to prepare. In the end you will get a soft and juicy treat that is perfect for tea drinking. To prepare it, you need to take a glass of regular milk powder mixture. This is approximately 7 large spoons. The same amount of sugar is needed (but can be reduced or increased depending on taste) and flour. You will also need a few eggs (up to three) and a little soda or, instead, regular baking powder. The filling is jam, jam or anything else to taste.
To prepare the roll, you need to take the baby mixture and mix it with sugar and flour. Then soda is added and eggs are beaten. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed to form a liquid mass similar to sour cream.
Next, you should prepare tracing paper or special paper for baking. You can also use a standard baking sheet, but this option is not so convenient. The dough is poured there, having previously greased the surface with vegetable oil. After this it is sent to the oven. It takes from 15 minutes to half an hour - it depends on the temperature. When the dough becomes soft, but not yet dense, it should be removed from the oven, greased with filling and wrapped, giving the shape of a roll. You can decorate the top with cinnamon, chocolate, powdered sugar, and other spices and sweets.
What are the benefits of baking for a child?
The healthiest thing for children aged three years and older is unleavened homemade dough mixed with wholemeal wheat flour. This product contains a lot of vitamins B, E, PP, phosphorus, magnesium and iron, fiber necessary for digestion. It is important not to forget that in each specific case the usefulness of unleavened dough depends on the composition.
It is better to give children under 3 years of age products made from premium wheat flour. You can use rice, corn, buckwheat flour.
Unleavened dough contains valuable vegetable proteins, mineral salts and simple carbohydrates, which provide the baby with energy for the whole day. Baking in moderation is necessary - it increases the child’s mental and physical activity. The baby becomes more active and inquisitive. In addition, it is also very tasty. There is no need to persuade your child to eat baked goods for a long time - he will eat it with pleasure, barely waiting for an invitation to the table.
Making candy
Baby formula not only produces excellent baked goods, but also delicious candies. For example, the following recipes are suitable:
- Truffles.
To do this, you need to take about 4.5 cups of baby formula. It is better to choose the “Malyutka” product. 4 cups will be needed for the candies themselves, and another half cup is for rolling. Additionally, you need to take 50 g of coconut and butter, 4 tablespoons of cocoa, a little less than a glass of milk and 2.5 cups of sugar.
To make truffles at home, you first need to mix cocoa, milk, sugar and butter. Then put the mixture on low heat and keep it there until the sugar dissolves. Be sure to stir. Then cool and continue stirring until the mixture becomes thicker and resembles dough. Now you need to knead it with your hands and shape it into balls. Then they should be rolled in baby formula and coconut flakes.
- Candy with nuts.
Using baby formula, you can get delicious candies using a different recipe. It’s best to also take the “Malyutka” package. In addition, you will need 150 g of walnuts and butter, as well as half a cup of milk, a couple of spoons of cocoa and a pack of waffles. First you need to mix milk, butter and cocoa. Boil over low heat for several minutes, then cool. Now add baby formula. Then add walnuts, but chop them first. Stir everything. When the mass thickens, you need to knead it with your hands and form cones. Now you need to break the waffles and grind them using a grater, and then roll the candies in them.
