Ginger Cookies
From 9 months · 6 cookies · 50 min
Ingredients
What you'll need
- Egg
- Date
- Olive oil
- Oatmeal
- Ginger
- Cinnamon
Method
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How to prepare each food
Egg
Keep the egg fully cooked and offer it as easy finger food. As the pincer grasp develops, your little one can pick up small pieces on their own.
Offer omelet strips, quartered hard-boiled egg, or chopped scramble.
Date
Keep dates soft, pitted and broken down. General preparation information: date paste blended into food works well, and you can finely chop a softened, pitted date into very small pieces stirred through a meal. Dates stay sticky and dense, so always remove the pit and keep pieces tiny and soft.
Pit removed; date paste, or a softened date finely chopped into very small soft pieces. Never a whole or chunky date.
Dates are sticky, dense and chewy with a hard pit, all of which make them a choking concern. Always remove the pit, soften the date, and serve it as a smooth paste or finely chopped small soft pieces rather than whole or in chunks. Keep dates in these forms through the preschool years.
Olive oil
Keep using olive oil to cook and finish family foods cut to your child's stage. A light drizzle over soft vegetables, beans, or grains carries flavor and helps with vitamin absorption.
No cutting needed; drizzle lightly over or mix into the food.
Oatmeal
Serve oatmeal a little thicker so your baby can scoop it or feed it on a pre-loaded spoon. You can also bake soft oat fingers or stir in mashed fruit.
Thick scoopable oatmeal, or soft baked oat fingers about finger-width.
Ginger
Keep ginger as a background flavor. Finely grate or mince a small amount and cook it into soft finger foods, mashes, or sauces. There is no need to offer ginger in a piece on its own; its role is to season the foods your baby is already eating. Continue without added salt or sugar.
Finely grated or minced, cooked into food.
Cinnamon
Keep cinnamon as a small flavoring stirred into food. It works well in porridge, soft baked apple or pear, mashed sweet potato, pancakes, or yogurt. A pinch is plenty, and mixing it through a moist food keeps it from being a dry, dusty mouthful.
Still a pinch of ground cinnamon mixed into moist food, not loose powder.
Loose dry cinnamon powder can make a baby cough or gag if it is inhaled. Always mix it into a moist food and never let your baby eat it dry from a spoon.
Putting it together
Oat-flour cookies sweetened with date paste and spiced with ginger and cinnamon, baked until firm.
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- AAP - Starting Solid Foods (around 6 months)
- NHS - What to feed your baby from around 6 months
- AAP - Introducing common food allergens to your baby
- USDA FoodData Central - Egg (nutrient data)
- AAP - Choking prevention guidance for infants and toddlers
- CDC - Foods that are choking hazards for infants and toddlers
- USDA FoodData Central - Date (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Olive oil (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Oatmeal (nutrient data)
- NHS - Foods and drinks to avoid (honey, salt, sugar)
General informational content, not medical advice. Always consult your pediatrician about introducing new foods, especially if your baby has any medical conditions or family history of allergies.
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