Healthy Applesauce Carrot Cookies (Gluten-free, Egg-free)
These apple sauce carrot cookies are gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free, and made with no added sugar! They're made with sweet potato puree, carrots, oats, and other wholesome ingredients.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup shredded carrots
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- ¼ cup oat flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp hemp hearts
- 1 tbsp flax meal
- 1 tbsp cashew butter sub any other nut or seed butter
- ½ cup canned sweet potato puree sub pumpkin puree
- ½ cup applesauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and line a baking sheet with lightly greased parchment paper.
- Pat the shredded carrots dry to remove any excess liquid.
- Combine the oats, oat flour, hemp hearts, cinnamon, and flax meal in a bowl. Stir in the cashew butter, sweet potato puree, apple sauce, and shredded carrots. Stir until the dough is fully incorporated. It should be sticky but firm.
- Use a cookie scoop (or your hands) to scoop evenly sized cookies and add to the baking sheet, and space about 2" apart. Slightly flatten with the back of your hand.
- Transfer to the preheated oven and bake for 12 minutes or until firm.
- Carefully transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool before serving.
Notes
Adapted from The Big Mans World.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 73kcal | Carbohydrates: 12.7g | Protein: 2.7g | Fat: 1.6g | Fiber: 2.1g