Carrot cookies with oatmeal is an easy and healthy homemade cookie recipe for kids. It is a soft and chewy eggless cookie recipe with carrots and oatmeal.
Eggless Homemade Cookies:
Homemade cookies are a tasty and delicious snack for kids. Carrot cookies are healthy that is made with freshly grated carrots, oatmeal, and whole wheat flour. I added sugar in this cookie; you can also replace it honey or maple syrup for a healthier option. Cookies are easy and simple to make at home all you need is few ingredients, baking sheet and oven. I often bake carrot cookies at home because it includes oatmeal and carrots that are an excellent way to incorporate carrot and oatmeal in kids diet. Sometimes in a busy morning I serve carrot cookies for breakfast too. Oatmeal and wheat flour in this cookie helps to make us feel fuller for a long time.
Smart Cooking Tips:
- I used 1 tbsp of ground flax seed in this recipe; you can replace it with one egg. Flax seed is an excellent replacement for the eggs in baking. Replace one egg by soaking one tbsp of ground flax seeds in three tbsp of cold water for 5 minutes or until it becomes sticky egg like consistency.
The dough will be thick and sticky so mix properly until all the ingredients mix properly.
You can replace the sugar with honey or maple syrup, but make sure to reduce the melted butter.
- You can also shape it into different shapes using the cookie cutters.
The cinnamon powder gives an excellent taste and flavor to the carrot cookies. If you do not have it at home, you can easily make it at home by grinding cinnamon sticks to a fine powder in the dry blender. You can also make cinnamon powder in bulk and store it in an airtight container for later use.
Oatmeal Cookies with Carrot:
Oatmeal cookies are chewy and healthy, also tastes delicious. Carrot cookies are one excellent recipe using oatmeal. Adding oats make a carrot cookie chewy and healthy. Oatmeal cookies are an excellent way to include oats in the diet, also it helps to keep us fuller for a long time. Because fiber content in oats takes a long time to digest and makes us feel fuller for a long time. Though these cookies are chewy, it is a soft and flavorful that is loved by kids.
Carrot cookies with oatmeal is an easy and healthy homemade cookie recipe for kids. It is a soft and chewy eggless cookie recipe with carrots and oatmeal.
- 1 cup CARROTS RAW
- 1 cup OATS
- 1 cup WHEAT FLOUR
- 0.75 cup SUGARS GRANULATED
- 5 tbsp UNSALTED BUTTER
- 1 tsp CINNAMON
- 0.50 tsp VANILLA EXTRACT
- 1 tsp BAKING POWDER
- 1 tbsp FLAXSEED
- 3 tbsp WATER
In a bowl add wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder and mix well.
In a separate bowl soak 1 tbsp of flax seed in 3 tbsp of water for 5 minutes and mix well. Add sugar, melted butter, vanilla extract and mix well until the sugar gets dissolved.
Combine both the mix and add shredded carrot, oats and mix well. Cover the dough and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees and line the baking tray with parchment paper.
Drop the cookie dough into small portions on the parchment paper and flatten it gently using a spatula. Bake it for 15 minutes in a 325 degrees pre-heated oven. Allow to cool for 10 - 15 minutes and serve.
How to serve carrot cookies?
Serve carrot cookies as a snack. You can also store it in a refrigerator for up to a week.