Carrot cake cookies
3
Points® value
Total Time
3 hr 30 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
24
Difficulty
Easy
All the flavours of your favourite springtime dessert like sweet carrots, spicy ginger, and fragrant nutmeg come together in this soft, cake-y cookie. Pureed dates are the secret to these cookies’ moist texture and light sweetness while allowing you to cut down on the usual amount of butter and sugar found in more traditional cookie recipes.
Ingredients
Dried dates
¾ cup(s)
All-purpose flour
1¼ cup(s)
Baking soda
½ tsp(s)
Ground cinnamon
1¾ tsp(s)
Ground ginger
¼ tsp(s)
Table salt
¼ tsp(s)
Ground nutmeg
⅛ tsp(s)
Unsalted butter
5 tbsp(s), at room temperature
Sugar
2 tbsp(s)
1% low-fat milk
1 tbsp(s)
Egg
1 large
Vanilla extract
1½ tsp(s)
Carrots
2 medium, finely grated, then finely chopped