Low calorie carrot cake cookies
There's no better feeling than being able to enjoy two of your favorite desserts in one, all whilst sticking to your calorie deficit! I present to you - the BEST low calorie carrot cake cookies - EVER! These cookies are just 95 calories each and pack all of the delicious flavors of a carrot cake into a neat little cookie.
Ingredients
- 25 g unsweetened applesauce*
- 80 g 0 calorie brown sugar*
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 60 g plain/all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 30 g shredded carrot
Spices:
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ginger
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp cloves
Frosting:
- 60 g Philadelphia lightest
- 30 g 0 calorie icing sugar
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180ºC (350ºF). Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the applesauce, 0 calorie brown sugar and vanilla extract until smooth and well combined.
- Add in the flour, salt, baking soda, spices and fold until well combined. Fold in the shredded carrot.
- Divide the dough equally between 3 cookies and place onto he prepared baking tray. Flatten each cookie slightly and bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the tray for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Make the frosting by whisking together the cream cheese, 0 calorie icing sugar and vanilla until smooth.
- Frost the cooled cookies and enjoy!
Notes
*Applesauce- can be subbed for an equal amount of low-fat butter
*0 calorie brown sugar - can be subbed for any 0 calorie granulated sweetener (1:1 ratio of sweetener to sugar)
*Philadelphia lightest - can sub for low-fat cream cheese
*0 calorie icing sugar - can be subbed for regular icing sugar
Nutrition
Serving: 1 CookieCalories: 95kcalCarbohydrates: 17.7gProtein: 4.4gFat: 0.8gSaturated Fat: 0.4gSodium: 219.3mgPotassium: 38.2mgFiber: 1.1gSugar: 2.5gVitamin A: 111IU
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