Healthy 4 Ingredient Hazelnut Oatmeal Cookies

This recipe is hands down one of the easiest recipe for cookies. And one of the healthiest too! All you need are 4 ingredients. These cookies are great for healthy snack or dessert after dinner. I usually make them on weekends and they last me throughout the whole week.You can easily switch up the recipe by adding any kind of ingredients you want. For example, you can substitute hazelnuts with almonds or walnuts. Or you can add raisins or cacao nibs. Absolutely anything you desire. Possibilities are endless.

Health Benefits:

Hazelnuts

Any kind of nuts are great source of healthy fat. But hazelnuts have nutritional value of its own. Unlike most other nuts, hazelnuts are a great source of folate. Folate is actually vitamin B9, which is very important for women in their pregnancies, because it supports normal fatal development. It is also great for your heart and lowers the chance of stroke. Eating hazelnuts regularly will promote your normal cholesterol levels. 100 grams of hazelnuts also contains about 15% of daily recommended dose of vitamin E. Hazelnuts are also known to lower the risk of cancer.So make sure you include hazelnuts in your diet, because health benefits are just amazing!

Oats

A cop of oatmeal a day, keeps the doctor away!Oats are perfect breakfast or snack food. They are very high in fiber - they contain a specific type of fiber named beta-glucan. It has been proven that beta-glucan has beneficial impact on cholesterol levels. Oats are also rich in antioxidants. That's why eating oats regularly prevents or at least lower the chance of cardiovascular diseases. They also lower the risk of heart diseases and diabetes.Many studies show that oats increase appetite-control hormones. This is the reason oats are recommended food when it comes to weight loss.