Carrot Cake Cookies

Nothing like a little baking to start the weekend right! These Carrot Cake Cookies are soft, chewy, and delish!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rolled oats

• 1 cup almond meal

• ¾ cup sugar

• ½ cup plain flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

• ½ tsp ground ginger

• 1 cup roughly chopped pecans

• 1/4 cup dates

• 1 ½ cup grated carrots

• 1 egg

• ½ cup olive oil

• CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

• 125g cream cheese

• 1 tsp grated lemon rind

• 2 cups icing sugar

MAKES: 6 PREP and COOK: 35 minutes

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Place oats, almond meal, sugar, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, pecans, and dates in a large mixing bowl.

2. Add carrots, egg, and oil. Mix to combine.

3. Make 12 heaped tablespoons of the cookie dough and place them onto a large baking tray. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden. Allow cooling.

4. To make the cream cheese, please cream cheese, lemon rind and icing sugar into a food processor and blend until smooth. Sandwich the cookies together with the frosting in the middle before serving.

   Recipe by: A Better Choice