Delia s low fat moist carrot cake recipe.
Low fat carrot cake cookies.
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.
Mix all the dry ingredients together first.
It almost uses what you have.
A few years ago i attempted a low fat version rather reluctantly not believing it was possible.
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.
Soft chewy and everything you love about carrot cake cookies minus the high carbs.
These keto friendly carrot cake cookies are packed with the warm spices of cinnamon ginger and nutmeg.
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.
Balance is the key to everything.
And they re texture is spot on.
Much better than a lot of full fat carrot cake.
I also left out the raisins to lower the sugar count.
Many use 100 all purpose flour and some a substituted some whole wheat flour.
It s also one of the quickest easiest cakes ever.
Although i do recommend the frosting at least on a few of these cookies.
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.
When converting this recipe for sugar free carrot cake cookies from a gluten packed sugary one to a low carb cookie i took special care to consider the texture that a good cake type cookie should have by not changing the bulk of the ingredients any more than i had to but instead just replaced ingredients measure per measure when possible.
Did i mention these cookies are also gluten free vegan and low fat without the frosting.
Some recipes used cake flour.
Add in the carrots applesauce water an raisins.
I like a carrot cake that has what i would term good crumb along with great taste.
I have been making carrot cake for years and each time it seems to improve with a little tinkering here and there.
In hindsight these healthy carrot cake cookie bars would ve been a much better option.
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.
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.
In a medium bowl whisk together flour baking powder baking soda salt and cinnamon.
The sweet treats that are the most dangerous for me are anything dark chocolate or carrot cake.
