Low Fat Carrot Cake Cookies

I have been making carrot cake for years and each time it seems to improve with a little tinkering here and there.

Low fat carrot cake cookies.

Some recipes used cake flour. Ketocookies lowcarbcookies. In a medium bowl whisk together flour baking powder baking soda salt and cinnamon. And they re texture is spot on.

Preheat oven to 350f and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Many use 100 all purpose flour and some a substituted some whole wheat flour. Keto carrot cake cookies what s great about a healthy version of a carrot cake cookie is that it gives you built in portion control. The sweet treats that are the most dangerous for me are anything dark chocolate or carrot cake.

Delia s low fat moist carrot cake recipe. I would also like to experiment with the fat cholesterol content by using 1 2 unsweetened applesauce for the butter egg whites for the eggs. It s also one of the quickest easiest cakes ever. Spray cookie sheets with non stick butter flavored cooking spray and drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto the cookies sheets 1 1 2 inches apart from one another.

Soft chewy and everything you love about carrot cake cookies minus the high carbs. Mix all the dry ingredients together first. Add in the carrots applesauce water an raisins. A few years ago i attempted a low fat version rather reluctantly not believing it was possible.

They turned out great except i like my carrot cake more spicy so next time i will try at least a tsp of cinnamon maybe a bit more nutmeg. Much better than a lot of full fat carrot cake. Although i do recommend the frosting at least on a few of these cookies. In hindsight these healthy carrot cake cookie bars would ve been a much better option.

I also left out the raisins to lower the sugar count. Now i have to admit it s become one of my favourites. They re supremely soft and chewy with the same sweet carrots and warm spices as traditional carrot cake yet this recipe yields far fewer servings than the recipe i followed for that particular easter dessert. These keto friendly carrot cake cookies are packed with the warm spices of cinnamon ginger and nutmeg.

Did i mention these cookies are also gluten free vegan and low fat without the frosting. Yet now as an adult i realize my family s easter bunny might have enjoyed santa s cookies more than plain carrots so i m finally combining the two for our family s easter bunny into these healthy carrot cake oatmeal breakfast cookies they have the same chewy texture as classic cookies but the sweetness level of muffins just in case the easter bunny taste tests a few too many. It almost uses what you have.