Carrot cake cookies
Cookies as an after school snack? No trouble selling the kids on that one. Now to convince the adults ...
Often laden in fat and empty calories, cookies don’t often impress parents. At least not as a go-to snack to fuel growing bodies and minds. But if you’re willing to bake your own, you can turn out some delicious and appealing cookies that will satisfy kids and adults alike.
For our take on healthy cookies, we used one of the healthiest and most flavor-packed cakes for inspiration — carrot cake.
We start with a low fat, cakelike cookie. It’s plenty moist thanks to a small amount of oil (instead of butter) for healthier fats and supplement it with crushed pineapple. Using dark brown sugar as the sweetener adds more flavor and even moisture, while white whole-wheat flour adds whole grains. Then we add oats and a few nuts for texture, a handful of spices for flavor.
And, of course, the carrots and raisins.