Healthy Carrot Cake Cookies
August 6, 2018
By Gina Matsoukas »
INGREDIENTS
For the cookies:
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup grated carrots
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup apple butter
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup chopped golden raisins
3 tablespoons melted coconut oil
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
zest from 1 lemon
3 tablespoons melted coconut oil
For the icing:
1 ounce reduced fat cream cheese, room temperature
1 tablespoon creamy almond butter
unsweetened almond milk, enough to thin
4-5 drops liquid stevia
INSTRUCTIONS
For the cookies:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees, line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat.
- Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
- In a small bowl combine coconut oil, apple butter and maple syrup. Whisk together until smooth.
- Add wet ingredients to the large bowl and mix until thoroughly combined with a spatula.
- Roll dough into golf ball sized balls, place on baking sheet and gently press down to form disc shape. Cookies won’t flatten or spread much with baking.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
For the icing:
- Stir the cream cheese, almond butter and stevia together in a small bowl. Slowly add almond milk until mixture is thinned out enough to drizzle on cookies. Drizzle cooled cookies with icing before serving.