Are you fed up with overly sweet, unhealthy cookies with no truly beneficial ingredients? Then we have just the thing for you: clean cookie recipes created and tested by us, without processed sugar but with delicious, high-performance ingredients. Sweeten up your Christmas season now, without a guilty conscience.
The classic upgraded: FOCUS cinnamon stars - vegan & gluten-free
Everyone loves them, and we're huge fans of cinnamon stars, too. And rightly so: Did you know that cinnamon, with its aromatic components, warms your body from within and can protect your cells from oxidative damage? [] Especially in winter, it gives your body what it needs to combat the cold. And in this flour-free version, you can enjoy the cinnamon temptation this year without any sin, but with functional vitamins to help you concentrate .
Ingredients for about 30 cinnamon stars
- 130 g ground hazelnuts
- 130 g ground almonds
- 100 g coconut blossom sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- ½ tbsp turmeric
- ½ tbsp lemon juice
- ½ tbsp rum (or ½ tbsp water and a few drops of rum flavoring)
- orange peel
BRAINEFFECT Performance Food
- 1 glass of water mixed with WILD BREW : This is how your first mushroom cookies are made. The winter spice mix combined with coffee and iron gives these cinnamon stars a special Christmas flavor with an extra kick.
- 2-3 FOCUS POWER BALLS : Because we love cinnamon, we've turned these cinnamon stars into a Christmassy snack. Your extra benefit: The POWER BALLS contained in the dough support your concentration with vitamins B5 and B12.
Preparation:
- Crush the POWER BALLS and let them soak in a little water.
- Dissolve WILD BREW in a glass of cold water.
- Combine all ingredients (except WILD BREW) in a bowl and knead the dough thoroughly. You can either use a hand mixer with a dough attachment or by hand (be careful, it's sticky!).
- Gradually add WILD BREW and continue kneading. The consistency should not be too dry, but also not contain too much liquid, and should be able to form into a large lump.
- Place the dough in the refrigerator for half an hour. This makes it easier to roll out later.
- Preheat oven to 200ºC top/bottom heat or 180ºC fan-assisted.
- Roll out the dough on a wooden board and cut out stars.
- Bake the cinnamon stars for about 6-8 minutes. Check them occasionally – they shouldn't be much darker than the raw dough.
RAW CHOCO BALLS with Christmas spices
A Christmas power boost for all athletes, office workers, and everyday heroes out there! No baking required, these Raw Choco Balls with dates as a natural energy source give you the energy you need for the end-of-year sprint. The KICKBAR, cocoa, and Christmas spices round out the recipe with a delicious kick.
Ingredients for 30 balls
- 375 g dates
- 3 tbsp Christmas spices (or mix your own from cinnamon, cloves, star anise and cardamom)
- 75 g coconut flour
- 75 g cocoa powder
- 250 g walnut kernels
- 50 g desiccated coconut
- 5 tbsp flaxseed
- 50 ml water
BRAINEFFECT Performance Food
- 5 tbsp ROCKET C8 MCT oil : Your ketogenic energy source made from 100% caprylic acid
- 250 g KICKBAR : The bar gives the cookies a portion of superpowers and supports your energy metabolism with Vit. B12
- 15 drops of Vitamin D3 : Vitamin D3 provides liquid sunshine from within and is particularly popular as a supplement in winter.
Preparation:
- Cut dates in half and let them soak for 1 hour.
- Place walnuts, KICKBAR, flaxseeds and coconut flour in a blender and set aside after blending.
- Place water, dates, cocoa, and Christmas spices in a blender and blend on high until smooth. Add vitamin D and MCT oil. Then add the previously blended ingredients and mix everything together.
- Form the mixture into small balls with your hands and roll them in desiccated coconut. Then refrigerate everything and enjoy!
We wish you a wonderful Advent and lots of fun baking!
