Dyukan's diet is good in that it allows you to lose weight without giving up almost nothing. Even sweet pastries were not forbidden. Shop cakes, waffles, cakes and other sweets are not suitable, Ducane cookies are prepared according to special recipes, it turns out low-calorie and healthy. Such a dessert will not spoil the shape. It can be included in the menu even at the hardest stage of the Dukan diet called “Attack”. It is only important not to use foods that are prohibited at the appropriate stage of the diet for baking.
Cooking Features
Dyukana diet refers to low-carb. During its observance, the use of products containing animal fats and large amounts of carbohydrates is prohibited. Flour, butter, sugar are banned all the time and can not be included in the recipe for Ducan. At the first stage, even the yolks, vegetable oil and starch are allowed only in limited quantities. At later stages, the list of permitted products expands, first goji berries, flax seeds, vegetable oil and corn starch fall into it, and later fruits (except bananas) and berries (except cherry and grapes) are included in the diet. The cookie recipe should be chosen based on what stage of the diet you are at. In order for the cookies to turn out to meet the relevant requirements of the Dukan diet and at the same time tasty, you need to adhere to some recommendations:
- At the “Attack” stage, 1, 5 tablespoons of oat bran should be consumed per day, at the “Alternation” and “Fixing” stages - 2 tablespoons, after - three each. Ducanne cookies are often made on the basis of oat bran. The amount of baking that can be eaten during the day is calculated based on the consumption rate of the specified product at a specific stage of the diet.
- A low-calorie sweetener is used instead of sugar. Add it to taste, the amount depends on how sweet is one or another sugar substitute. The form of production of sweetener can also be different. If it is in pills, they should first be crushed into powder or diluted with a teaspoon of warm water.
- Bran is ground in a blender to a state of flour. This allows you to get a smooth dough. If you want the crunchy biscuits, you should chop the bran less carefully - pour a little masher over them a little.
- To prevent the biscuits from burning during baking, the dough is laid out on a silicone mat or on parchment paper. It is undesirable to use oil. Batter can be poured into silicone molds, baking of them is easily extracted.
- Some recipes suggest frying cookies in a pan. Suitable kitchen utensils with high-quality non-stick coating. Smear it with a cloth soaked in oil or a cooking brush.
- Dairy products for cooking products are used fat-free.
When preparing cookies according to Dyukan, do not forget about the possibility of adding berries or fruit pieces, flax seeds, ginger, cocoa powder and various flavors to it. This will allow you to get a confection with a new taste.
Dukan classic oatmeal cookies on kefir
Composition:
- oat bran - 40 g;
- fat-free kefir - 40 ml;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- salt - at the tip of a knife;
- sweetener - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Chop Oat Bran in any way you like.
- Powder sweetener tablets, mix with bran.
- Break the egg in a bowl, add salt, whisk it.
- Add kefir to the egg, whisk again to make the composition homogeneous.
- Pour the egg-kefir mixture into the bran container, mix thoroughly.
- Spoon spread the dough on a silicone mat, leaving a distance of at least 2 cm between the cookies. Lightly flatten it with a spoon.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Place a dough pan in it.
- Bake 12-15 minutes depending on the size of the products.
- Remove the baking tray from the oven. Let the cookies cool slightly, remove it from the mat and put it on a plate.
Such cookies can be used at any stage of the Dukanov diet.
Crispy biscuits with flax seeds by Ducane
Composition:
- oat bran - 60 g;
- wheat bran - 45 g;
- flax seeds - 5 g;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
- water - 20 ml;
- olive oil - 5 ml;
- baking powder for the dough - a large pinch;
- salt - at the tip of a knife;
- sweetener - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Bran, well interpret or grind with a blender, a coffee grinder.
- Beat the eggs, separating the yolks from the proteins. Only proteins are required.
- Whip whites of whites, then add oil, water and salt to them, whisk again.
- Chop the sweetener into powder, combine with bran. Add baking powder and flax seeds, mix.
- Combine the protein mass with the dry mixture, leave for 15 minutes to make the bran swollen.
- While wetting a teaspoon with cold water, place the dough on a baking sheet, after having put parchment paper on it. During baking, the cookies will increase in size, therefore it is necessary to leave a distance between them.
- Heat the oven to 200-220 degrees, place a baking sheet with dough in it.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes.
It remains to cool the cookies, remove them from the pan and enjoy its taste. Such cookies can be included in the menu, starting with the “Alternating” stage.
Dukan Cottage Cheese Cookies
Composition:
- low-fat cottage cheese - 0, 2 kg;
- chicken egg - 1 pc .;
- oat bran - 100 g;
- baking powder for dough - 5 g;
- lemon peel - 5 g;
- sweetener - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Curd the cottage cheese through a sieve or whisk with a blender.
- Break an egg into the curd, rub it until the mass is homogeneous in consistency.
- Dissolve the sugar substitute in a teaspoon of warm water, add to the curd mass, stir.
- Separately, until flour, chop the bran, combine them with baking powder and lemon zest.
- Pour the bran into a container with curd mass. Mix thoroughly.
- Form walnut-sized balls of dough, flatten them, put on greased parchment or on a dry silicone mat.
- Place a baking tray with cottage cheese dough preheated to 180 oven for 20 minutes.
Such cookies can be used at any stage of the Dukan diet, but in limited quantities. The exact portion size depends on how much bran you want to eat at a particular stage.
Ducan Non-Bran Cookies
Composition:
- corn starch - 100 g;
- chicken egg - 3 pcs .;
- skimmed milk powder - 50 g;
- sweetener to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Mix skimmed milk powder with starch.
- Separate the whites from the yolks.
- Add the yolks to the dry mixture, grind until smooth.
- Add the sugar substitute, mix thoroughly.
- Beat the whites in a dense foam, add to the dough, and stir gently.
- Pour the silicone dough into a tablespoon of dough.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Place the dough with a dough on a baking sheet, send it to the oven for 20 minutes.
Such cookies turn out gentle and airy. The recipe can be used starting from the second stage of the diet. From the amount of ingredients specified in the recipe, you will make sweets that last for 3-4 days.
The diet developed by Pierre Ducane has gained thousands of fans in different countries, not only because of its effectiveness. Many sweets like that this meal plan may include various desserts. Ducanne cookies are sweet, appetizing, but not too high in calories. If you eat it in moderation, it will not hurt to achieve the desired goal.
