Lean carrot cookies, homemade recipe

These lean carrot cookies, suitable for vegans and vegetarians, are a very healthy sweet snack option for the whole family. They are made with carrots, whole wheat flour, cereal flakes and honey, to which optional ingredients are added, which allow the recipe to vary each time. The little ones in the house will enjoy the flavor and nutrients of this simple cookie recipe. An ideal serving option is to cut them into carrot-shaped triangles. In this way, the orange cookies are very decorative when served on a green vegetable mattress, made with lettuce, spinach or cabbage leaves. Carrots are very healthy and provide not only carotene, but a wide variety of minerals, especially calcium, magnesium and potassium. In addition, they are much more beneficial if you combine them with other healthy ingredients and prepare them in the oven, with this light and simple recipe. Ingredients: 1 and ½ cups of grated raw carrots 1 and ½ cups of whole wheat flour 1 and ½ cups of flaked oats 1/3 cup of vegetable oil 1 teaspoon of baking powder Sugar or honey to taste Pinch of salt Optional: Vanilla Sugar vanilla Cinnamon Orange zest Icing sugar Preparation: Wash the carrots, peel them and grate them with a manual or electric grater, making sure that they are very fine and soft. Depending on the grating method, they can be drier or juicier, so you will have to adjust the amounts of flour in the recipe. Choose one or more of the optional ingredients, such as vanilla and orange peel zest, or zest and cinnamon. Mix the optional ones with the carrots, add the oil, flour, oats, sugar (or honey), a pinch of salt and the baking powder.Stir until you get a homogeneous dough. It should be quite thick. Let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes, so the oats can hydrate. Preheat the oven to 200 ℃. Grease a baking dish and pour the dough on top, in order to obtain a layer approximately 1 centimeter thick. Smooth it out with a spatula or the back of a spoon. Bake 20 minutes, or until the dough is golden brown. Cut the cookies into triangular shapes, so they look like carrots. If you want the cookies to be sweeter, sprinkle some icing sugar on top. Did you like this recipe for Lean Carrot Cookies? Leave us your comments! Click on the buttons of your favorite social networks and send this healthy and delicious recipe to your friends.