Carrot Oatmeal Cookies
These Carrot Oatmeal Cookies are soft and chewy with the flavor of carrot cake and the heartiness of an oatmeal cookie. Enjoy them plain or top with a simple glaze for an extra treat!
Servings 12 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 flax egg - 1 tablespoon ground flax seed + 2 tablespoon water
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 ¼ cup oats - old fashioned or quick cook
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup cane sugar
- ¼ cup non dairy butter, melted or neutral oil
- ¼ cup applesauce
- 1 cup finely grated carrot
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Whisk together very well. Set aside.1 cup all purpose flour, ½ teaspoon baking soda, 1 ¼ cup oats - old fashioned or quick cook , ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon , ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- In another bowl combine brown sugar, cane sugar, non dairy butter or oil, applesauce, flax egg and carrot. Stir to thoroughly combine.½ cup brown sugar, ¼ cup cane sugar, ¼ cup non dairy butter, melted or neutral oil , ¼ cup applesauce, 1 cup finely grated carrot, 1 flax egg - 1 tablespoon ground flax seed + 2 tablespoon water
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir just to combine. Cover and refrigerate 1-2 hours.
- When ready to bake preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
- Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes or until edges are little golden and slightly crisp.
- Cool on baking sheet as the cookies are a bit fragile until cooled.
Notes
Simple glaze: Whisk ¾ cup powdered sugar with 1-2 tablespoons of non dairy milk until smooth and pourable.
Cream Cheese glaze: Follow instructions above adding 1-2 tablespoons of non dairy cream cheese to sugar and milk to make a cream cheese glaze.
