How To Make Carrot Oat Cookies
Delight in these fiber-rich carrot oat cookies made with wheat flour and complemented by the spice of cinnamon and applesauce.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ¾cupall-purpose flour
- ½cupwhole wheat flour
- 1tspbaking powder
- ¼tspbaking soda
- ¾tspcinnamon
- ⅛tspnutmeg,optional
- ½tspsalt
- ⅔cupapplesauce
- ¼cupbutter,softened
- ¾cuplight-brown sugar
- ¾cupgranulated sugar
- 1egg
- 1tspvanilla extract
- 1½cupsquick oats
- 1cupcarrots,finely grated
- ½cupraisins
- ½cupdried cranberries,such as Craisins
For Optional Glaze:
- 1cuppowdered sugar
- 2tbspmilk
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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In a mixing bowl whisk together all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, whip together applesauce, butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar for about 1 minute until well blended and smooth. Stir in egg and vanilla.
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Slowly add in the flour mixture. Stir in quick oats, carrots, raisins, and dried cranberries, mix until combine.
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Drop mixture by heaping tablespoon fulls onto a Silpat lined cookie sheet two inches apart and bake for 15 minutes until lightly golden and set.
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Allow to cool several minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.
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If using glaze, in a small mixing bowl, whisk together powdered sugar and milk until well combine and smooth.
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Pour into a piping or Ziploc bag, snip a small tip off the end, and pipe over cookies.
Recipe Notes
Store cookies in a single layer.
Nutrition
- Calories: 116.01kcal
- Fat: 2.12g
- Saturated Fat: 1.10g
- Trans Fat: 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.55g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.23g
- Carbohydrates: 23.85g
- Fiber: 1.09g
- Sugar: 16.01g
- Protein: 1.49g
- Cholesterol: 9.50mg
- Sodium: 68.65mg
- Calcium: 23.48mg
- Potassium: 70.15mg
- Iron: 0.56mg
- Vitamin A: 49.71µg
- Vitamin C: 1.45mg
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