The Benefits of Baking
The benefits of pastriesMany of us probably can’t imagine life without our favorite treats – pastries. You walk into a bakery or bakery, you feel that divine aroma of fresh pastries, and you can’t help but buy at least one bun or cake. And then your inner voice tells you that flour confectionery is very calorie-dense and you should give it up altogether. But maybe it’s not all so bad. After all, French women eat a charming croissant and still be graceful fashionistas. Let’s talk about the benefits of baking.
Types of pastries
First of all, let’s answer the questions: what are flour confectionery products, what can they be? Of course, these products consist of flour, and also contain sugar and eggs. That is why they are very caloric. It is known to divide all products into two groups, depending on the dough used:
- Baking made of yeast dough, which includes rum babes, muffins, cakes, and muffins.
- Baked goods made of unleavened dough, either flaky or puff pastry.
Everyone’s favorite cookies, cakes, muffins, waffles, cakes, rolls and gingerbread – all of this confectionery. And yet the benefits of baking – a hot topic. In order to understand it, let’s first talk about the caloric content.
Calorie content of baked goods
The caloric value of baked goods depends largely on the ingredients. However, you should not search the Internet for “muffin pastry calorie” or “puff pastry calorie”. We already know the answer: on average, 100 grams of muffin pastry contains 300 kilocalories, the same weight of unflavored puff pastry – 330 kilocalories, and yeast – 360 kilocalories, but the most caloric is still sand dough – 404 kilocalories. Unfortunately, or fortunately, pastry consists not only of dough, and sweet filling only increases its calorie content (the calories are given for 100 grams of product):
- gingerbread – 340 kilocalories,
- choux pastry – 430 calories,
- Waffles with fruit filling – 290 calories,
- Fruit puff pastries – 450 – 470 kilocalories,
- Fruit brownies – 490 kilocalories,
- fruitcake 370 kilocalories.
And this is just a small list of the caloric content of confectionery.
When is it better to eat flour confectionery?
Of course, the caloric value of pastries is large, but the benefits are not insignificant. Confectionery delights contain a number of vitamins A, B, E. They are essential for healthy skin, hair and nails. Trace elements (potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium and others) contribute to the normalization of the cardiovascular and immune systems, as well as the gastrointestinal tract. And if you have eaten cookies with pieces of chocolate, which contains a number of elements, you are guaranteed the production of serotonin, “the hormone of happiness,” improving brain activity and performance. Thus, a tasty and beloved sweet really improves your mood and not only. But remember, a measure is important in everything. And if you care about the figure, eat a sweet treat in the morning.
Useful confectionery treats
In addition, there are really many recipes for healthy and dietary confectionery, such as oatmeal cookies. On the Internet you can find recipes for making this treat with kefir, without eggs and even without flour. And if you have a child and he can not stand oatmeal, his mood is already ruined in the morning, he is capricious and refuses breakfast, do not doubt, homemade oatmeal cookies he will eat with pleasure and ask for more. Prepare it together, be creative, make it not round, and in the form of a flower, teddy bear, or Christmas tree, and, of course, decorate it with raisins or dried fruits. Don’t forget to treat your dad, and this wonderful treat will be one of the family’s favorites. Cook, eat flour confectionery and be healthy!