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Carrot Cake Cookies
by
Claire | Eat Beautiful on a Budget
(IC: instagram)
10 Pieces
25 min
Craving carrot cake, but don’t have any eggs? Well say hello to my easy peasy Carrot Cake Cookies.
This fully plant-based, vegan recipe delivers all the deliciousness of classic carrot cake flavours, but with far less sugar than most traditional recipes. They take next to no time to whip up with a mere fraction of the baking time it takes to bake a traditional carrot cake. Plus they are a great way to eliminate food waste by using up carrots that might be a bit wobbly, rubbery and beyond dipping in houmous.
Perfect with a cup of tea - they’re so good, they’ll be devoured as quickly as they take to bake! They are also ideal for school lunchboxes too.
Carrot Cake Cookies
Recipe details
Ingredients
- 1 large carrot
- 1 cup of rolled oats
- 1/2 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
- 1/2 cup sultanas
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup walnut pieces
- 5 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon golden syrup or maple syrup
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven at 170° (I set mine on the top n’ bottom oven + fan force setting).
- Coarsely grate the carrot and pop it in a large mixing bowl, along with the rolled oats, flour, desiccated coconut, raisins, ground cinnamon and walnut pieces. Give it a good mix through.
- If your coconut oil has solidified, gently melt over a low heat, until runny. Add to the mixture, along with the golden syrup/maple syrup. Give it all another good mix through.
- Roll the mixture into 10 balls and evenly space on a baking tray, lined with baking parchment paper. Give them a gentle squish with the bottom of a cup to form happy little circles (approximately 5cm in diameter).
- Bake for 15 minutes until the cookies turn beautifully golden. Allow to cool completely before storing in the fridge. Remove from the fridge approximately 10 minutes before enjoying with a cup of tea!
Tips
- If you prefer your cookies on the sweeter side, you can increase the quantity of golden syrup/maple syrup, but just decrease the quantity of coconut oil. For example if you add 1 tablespoon of golden syrup/maple syrup, you'll need to reduce the quantity of coconut oil by 1 tablespoon for the perfect cookie dough consistency.
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Published August 31st, 2020 7:11 AM
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