Healthy Carrot Cake Cookies

Soft and tasty cookies filled with oatmeal, carrots, and raisins. These are a great healthy treat or snack idea, that the whole family will love!

Cooking for a Crowd

Use these recipe sheets to prepare for larger groups:

Recipe Card

WEB-pg 18 Healthy Carrot Cookies.pdf

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Makes: 48 Cookies
Nutrition Facts: View label

Ingredients

½ cup packed brown sugar

½ cup sugar

½ cup vegetable oil

½ cup unsweetened applesauce or fruit puree

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup whole-wheat flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon nutmeg

½ teaspoon ground ginger

2 cups old fashioned rolled oats

1 ½ cups finely grated carrot (about 3 large carrots)

1 cup raisins (or any type dried fruit)

Directions

Wash hands with soap and water.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
In a large bowl, stir together the sugars, oil, applesauce, eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
In a separate bowl, stir together the dry ingredients.
Blend the dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Stir in the carrots and raisins.
Drop the dough by a teaspoon onto the baking sheet.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown.
Store in an airtight container.

Comments

Submitted by shara anslow on Thu, 06/13/2019 - 16:02

Use the "Cooking for a Crowd" version of this recipe when you have an event - it's so popular! You bake this recipe as a bar in a 1/2 or 1/4 size sheet pan, spreading the batter about 1 1/2 inches thick. Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees. An easy way to serve hundreds of people!

Submitted by watkinbr on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 15:27

I followed recipe exactly, kids loved it. They are constantly asking me for me to make it again!

Submitted by Cinnamon Zone (not verified) on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 09:07

These cookies are so wholesome, rustic and delicious looking. I love the spices that have been used and the raisins, carrots, apple sauce, oats and brown sugar go so well together. Its a great snack for the kids.

Submitted by celina wilson (not verified) on Tue, 03/17/2015 - 22:33

Thank you so much for sharing this Healthy Carrot Cake Cookies recipe. I want to try it at home. I want to bake a cake for my kids. They always told me to bake then i was looking for a cake that has a carrot flavor. Then I finally found this recipe..Once again Thank you so much for posting this.

Submitted by LavenderLady on Mon, 03/31/2014 - 11:22

Kids and adults love this cookie. I always make a double batch and freeze some to have a smart treat on hand.

Submitted by tierrabonita on Wed, 07/10/2013 - 00:37

Yes, as the other reviewers pointed out this is a great recipe! And they are moister than a traditional cookie. I thought the recipe would take a long time to prep but many of the measures are the same so I was done before I knew it and they baked perfectly. They don't spread much if at all when baking so you can put them close together on the baking sheet. I used pumpkin pie spice instead of the cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. And my applesauce was frozen so I used a banana for the fruit purée.

Submitted by OregonGal56 on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 13:15

These taste really good, but are more like a soft muffin cookie. Followed recipe exactly, but was very sticky in the end, needed to use napkins!

Submitted by FoodFanatic on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 13:50

This recipe is sooooo good! I will use it repetedly!

Submitted by jovan (not verified) on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 09:04

These are the best cookies! All my friends eat them before I get any! (make a big batch!)