Homemade sweets from nuts and dried fruits - a useful sweetness

Sweet life with sweets and chocolate is loved by many. But if after the sweet therapy and it becomes warmer on the soul, then the teeth and skin are unlikely to thank you for such "care." Purchased sweets, in addition to a large amount of sugar, contain many additives in the form of flavors, dyes and flavor enhancers. How to be? Option two: to use store goodies in small quantities or to make alternative home sweets from nuts and dried fruits. We choose the second!

Eat candy on health

We can cook first, second, pastries and desserts at home, so why not learn how to do it yourself and sweets. In this there is nothing complicated - the ingredients are all available, and the formula is clear even for the student. Variations of sweets from dried fruits and nuts are very many, so we will offer some of the most interesting. The first recipe will be traditional. It will need the most common dried fruits: dried apricots, prunes and black raisins - 100 grams of each kind. We take walnuts from walnuts (300 grams). Also, for "gluing together" sweets, prepare honey, half a lemon and a drop of cognac (you do not need a child's portion).

Let's start cooking. First you need to rinse thoroughly, if necessary, soak for a while, and dry the dried fruit. Lemon chop and peel. Next, all the dried fruits with lemon and a third of the nuts to pass through a meat grinder or grind in a blender. In the resulting mass pour cognac, honey and pour another third of the chopped walnuts. Using a small spoon to form the balls and roll them in the remainder of the chopped nuts. Candies made from nuts and dried fruits are ready. Put the sweets on the tracing paper and put them in a cool place. Now you have a useful and tasty sweetness for the evening tea party.

Sweet fantasies

When you already know how easy it is to make sweets with nuts and dried fruits, you can try to experiment with combinations. It was suggested above to use classic dried fruit and the most popular walnut in our country. And here is another, more interesting combination: dates, poppies, raisins and coconut shavings. Prepared these sweets in the same way as painted in the first recipe. The chips are used as a sprinkler, but you can put it in the filling.

Here is another good combination for candy from nuts and dried fruits: cherry, dates, almonds, cashews, raisins and sesame seeds. For a better taste, nuts and sesame can be lightly fried, and the cherry cut into pieces, rather than grind in a meat grinder. You can make sweet balls of prunes, dates and almonds, sprinkled with coconut shavings from the outside, and inside you hide a surprise - a whole hazelnut. Sweets will be even more delicious if they are poured with melted black and white chocolate or roll in cocoa powder. Then these house sweets will be impossible to distinguish from purchased. Is that they will be hundreds of times more useful, and perhaps even tastier.

Make the right choice

Candies made from nuts and dried fruits are an ideal alternative to sweets, which we regularly buy in the store. This is the benefit, and taste, and opportunities for the embodiment of fantasy. You can give candies any kind, shape, and most importantly - choose components from the beginning to the end. Combine efforts with children to make the culinary process a fun time together. Then homemade sweets from nuts and dried fruits are a child and you will eat with even greater pleasure.