I’m starting a one woman mission to reduce my sugar intake this week. I’ll be honest, its not gone too well – I keep forgetting and eating Rainbow Drops. I did remember in time though, when I came to bake this week’s #Bakeoftheweek and baked reduced sugar Carrot Cake Cookies. I’ve adapted the recipe I use to make my Carrot Cake (which I’ve just discovered I have never blogged!). If you want a sweeter taste, you can add another 100g of sugar – Try it without, they are really quite tasty!
Now, I knew that there was no way my kids would be tempted by the normal drizzly cookies so I wanted to make them look a little more fun. I melted some white chocolate and coloured some pale orange and green and piped some VERY rough carrots on them. Ta-dah! It worked and Tara couldn’t resist. I also chopped the big round cookies in half so they weren’t overwhelming for little tummies.
CARROT CAKE COOKIES
| Serves | 12-15 |
| Prep time | 15 minutes |
| Cook time | 20 minutes |
| Total time | 35 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Pre-preparable, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Easter |
INGREDIENTS
- 200g Butter
- 200g Dark Brown Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- 2 Large Carrots (Peeled & finely grated)
- 200g Plain Flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon (If you like quite a strong taste, add another tsp)
- pinch Salt
- 150g Rolled Oats (I used chunky)
- 50g Sultanas or Raisins
- 50g Pecans (Broken into small chunks)
- 100g Melted White Chocolate
DIRECTIONS
| 1. | |
| Preheat the oven to 180C and line 2 baking trays with baking parchment | |
| 2. | |
| Using an electric whisk, mix the butter and sugar until well combined | |
| 3. | |
| Still mixing, add the eggs, vanilla and cinnamon | |
| 4. | |
| Stop the whisk & fold in the flour and baking powder | |
| 5. | |
| Pat down the grated carrot with a few sheets of kitchen paper to reduce as much moisture as possible and fold into the rest of the mix | |
| 6. | |
| Fold in the oat, sultanas and nuts | |
| 7. | |
| Scoop out biscuit sized portions and place on the baking trays. These cookies do not spread out too much but leave at least 1-2cm between each cookie | |
| 8. | |
| Bake for 10 minutes, then if you are intending on decorating the cookies, press down flatter with the back of a metal spoon. Can be left rounded if you are keeping them rustic | |
| 9. | |
| Continue to bake for another 8-10 minutes until turning a dark golden and remove from the oven. Leave to cool on the baking tray then drizzle with the melted chocolate | |
Ah, thanks for featuring my cake Helen. It proved to be quite a success – who would have thought a tin of beans could be put to such good use 😉
I absolutely love the idea of making such a splendid cake from a simple tin of beans!
GREAT cookies!!
I’m made similar cookies about a year ago, and they were great. Carrots are sweets so they’re really add flavor 🙂
Thank you Helen for hosting this party!
You are most welcome! Thanks for taking part x
These cookies sound great! It’s lovely to be back baking and blogging again, thanks for the mention xx
Great to have you back – Missed you! Hope motherhood is everything you hoped it would be x
These look amazing! I especially like the piped carrots!
Thanks for letting me host this fun event with you.
Ha! They were the most rushed carrots ever – piped on way out to school run. Thanks for all your hard work last week – really appreciate it x
Love the look of your carrot cake cookies with your lovely white chocolate carrot deign which is so cute. I expect the carrot brings some lovely natural sweetness to the bake too.
Angela x
Carrots go down so well in our house – I suspect all my girls have my raging sweet tooth x
love the sound of carrot cake cookies Helen, i know my eldest would love these x
They were very popular in our house – OH ate 6 before asking what they were! x
I love the idea of these carrot cake cookies – they look so cute with the carrots iced onto them too!
oh yum, these look so good. perfect for around Easter time!
I love carrot cake I’ve never thought to make carrot cake cookies!
It’s good that u can adapt the recipe with the amount of sugar u choose to use.
These look so yummy and I especially love the carrot ones, ideal for Easter 🙂 H x
I love the decoration on them! lol I would leave out the sultanas because i am fussy haha! Thanks for sharing x
Wow the carrot cake cookies look really good! I never thought about making cookies out of cake mix x
Wow! These look delicious. I’ll have to give them a try xx
Why have I never heard of a carrot cake cookie before? sounds like the best combo! x
Ohhh this has made me so hungry and also inspired me to get my bake on! Thanks for sharing
oh this looks and sounds amazing may have to give it a try
These look and nd sound yummy!
The cookies look great, I’d love to give them a go myself.
Your cookies look and sound amazing! I love carrot cake so I’ll definitely give these a try 🙂
I’d love to try making a batch of these. I haven’t made cookies since December!
Yum these definitely sound like my type of cookies!
Loving all these cake I am seeing. Great link up.
I love carrot cake it is delicious and these cookies look like the perfect treat on the go or with a nice cold glass of milk!
Oh yum this looks absolutely amazing – I could definitely enjoy one or two of these 😉 x
Those cookies look absolutely scrumptious! I love the taste of carrot cake/ cookies xxx
Mmmm well these do sound rather lovely! Might have to make a batch for myself!
Oh my gosh these look so gorgeous! Perfect for Easter 🙂 x
What delicious looking cookies! I love anything ‘carrot cake’ inspired so these would be perfect!
my goodness these look absolutely delicious. I need to bake as i’m in need of something sweet xx
Carrot cake cookies 😮 That’s such a fantastic idea – it mixes two of my favourite treats together 😀
Carrot cake is my absolute favorite so I’m going to have to try these.
The cookies look delicious , I love spiced cookies.
Popped this in my favourites! We are going to give these a try in the holidays, we love carrot cake and cookies so nothing sounds better than combining the two! xx
Oh yes please! What a great idea, they look seriously moreish 🙂
Thanks for sharing with Tea Time Treats, the better-late-than-never round up is on its way!
Janie x
Ohhh these look divine. My favourite kind of cake is carrot and I really love all the ingredients used here so these look ideal. I will have to try them asap!