Carrot Oatmeal Cookies
Soft and chewy carrot oatmeal cookies with no eggs or dairy needed! These yummy treats are lower in added sugar and butter for a healthier option.
Servings: 15 cookies
Ingredients
- ¼ cup vegan butter 65 g
- ½ cup almond butter 130 g
- ¼ cup light brown sugar 50 g
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour 90 g
- 1 cup quick oats 80 g
- 1 ½ large carrots finely grated (180 g)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Using an electric hand mixer, combine the vegan butter, almond butter, and brown sugar together in a medium sized mixing bowl until smooth and homogenous.¼ cup vegan butter, ½ cup almond butter, ¼ cup light brown sugar
- Add the baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, flour, and oats to the mixing bowl. Use the hand mixer whisk in the dry ingredients until they are fully incorporated into the mixture. Scrape along the bottom of your mixing bowl to ensure no pockets of flour or oats remain.½ tsp baking powder, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, ½ tsp ground nutmeg, 1 tsp vanilla extract, ¾ cup all-purpose flour, 1 cup quick oats
- Gently fold in the grated carrots until they are evenly distributed throughout the dough. If you're adding any extras like chocolate chips, walnuts, raisins or coconut, add those now.1 ½ large carrots
- Form balls of dough about 1 ½ inches in diameter and press them between your hands to form a disc. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 5-10 minutes before removing them from the tray.
Notes
Being a healthier option, the cookies are not very sweet as is. If you like some extra sweetness in your cookies, add 1-2 tablespoon of pure maple syrup to the cookie batter during step #2.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 102kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Sodium: 36mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g