Today something to nibble on when reading a book, watching a movie, or drinking coffee or tea. You can reach for these light, exquisite amaranth cookies with sesame seeds on the fly, and unwittingly eat them all while concentrating on something else. They are excellent as ingredients of a packed lunch. Today, instead of sugar I added maple syrup. Thanks to this the cookies have a golden colour and slightly caramel taste which we like very much. If you would like the cookies to be lighter, add white sugar.

You can find amaranth in organic food shops, in hypermarkets and trading posts with healthy treats, but also in Rossmann. Once it was the oldest cultivated plant – eaten by Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs – and now it has been discovered afresh and has been dubbed the grain of the XXI century. It is an extremely rich source of iron, protein and unsaturated fatty acid, which brings the risk of heart disease down. By virtue of the large amount of dietary fibre it contains, it has a beneficial effect on the intestines.

Ingredients
25g of puffed amaranth
30g of sesame seeds
100g of flour
60g of butter
110g of maple syrup

1/2 of teaspoon of baking powder
Heat the oven up to 180C. Cover a baking sheet with baking paper.
Blend the butter with the maple syrup. Add the flour, baking powder and mix them in. Add the sesame seeds and amaranth and mix them in. Make little balls from the mixture, around the size of walnuts. Put them on a baking sheet, flatten them a bit and bake for 10-15 minutes.

Enjoy your meal!

Try also
Millet groats-date cookies
Chocolate-orange cookies
Homemade candy bars.