Gluten-Free Carrot 🥕Cake Cookies

Makes 10 Mega Cookies

Note:  You can also make smaller cookies by using a smaller scoop.  

Ingredients

• 1 cup shredded carrot
• ¹⁄₂ cup chopped walnuts
• ¹⁄₂ cup raisins
• ¹⁄₄ cup coconut oil
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ¹⁄₄ cups Gluten Free  rolled oats (Any All Purpose cup cup)
• 1 cup 4 cup Gluten free flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking powder
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking soda
• ¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh  grated ginger
• 1-Mott's Organic Applesauce,  3.9-Ounce
• 2 tablespoon brown sugar 

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grate the carrots and chop the walnuts. 
3. In a large bowl, Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt . Add the rolled oats, raisins,chopped walnuts and shredded carrots . Mix all to combine. In a separate bowl  add an egg and whisk. Then add vanilla, coconut oil , apple sauce , grated ginger, and brown sugar and mix again until all is well combined. 
4. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture. Mix all together to form  the cookie dough.
5. Drop the dough into 1/4 (or  oz ice cream scoop ) cup mounds about 3" apart on a baking sheet. Bake for 10 - 15 minutes, or until golden.
6. Cool cookies onto a wire rack. 

Glaze-Whisk all ingredients until smooth

•  ¹⁄_{4 to} ¹⁄₂ cup powder sugar
•  2-3 tablespoon of non-dairy creamer ( I used Coffeemate Natural Bliss Coconut Milk Coffee Creamer Sweet Creme)
• Splash of vanilla

1. Drizzle Glaze on top of each cookies. 

 

Enjoy !