Vegan Carrot Cake Cookies
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These vegan carrot cake cookies are basically mini carrot cakes with cream cheese frosting! Made with wholesome ingredients, they come together in no time.
No need for a knife, plates, or forks, as these carrot cakes in cookie form are ready to be grabbed and enjoyed.
Made with carrots, oats, whole wheat flour, raisins, and walnuts, they’re nutritious, delicious, and perfectly finished with a rich and creamy dairy-free frosting on top.
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Why You’ll Love This Vegan Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe
- This vegan carrot cake cookie recipe makes it easier to satisfy your carrot cake cravings—just mix, scoop, bake, and frost! No need to refrigerate the dough.
- Enjoy everything you love about carrot cake in portable, bite-sized form!
- These carrot cake cookies with cream cheese frosting are completely plant-based! No eggs or dairy.
Ingredients And Substitutions
Quick cooking oats – These carrot cake oatmeal cookies use quick oats, which absorb the liquid in the dough, giving the cookies a chewy texture.
Whole wheat flour – For added fiber goodness.
Baking powder – Helps the healthy carrot cake cookies puff up beautifully.
Ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and ground ginger – Don’t forget the warm spices for that classic carrot cake flavor.
Sea salt – A must-have flavor enhancer.
Grated carrots – Of course, you can’t make these whole wheat carrot cake oatmeal cookies without carrots. For deliciously moist cookies, use fresh carrots!
Chopped walnuts – For added crunch. If you’re not into nuts, dairy-free white chocolate chips are also perfect for these whole wheat carrot cookies.
Shredded coconut – Adds texture and a nutty, sweet flavor to the cookies. You can also use candied ginger for a zingy twist!
Raisins – They lend sweetness and chewiness to the carrot cake cookies. You can also use dried pineapple in this carrot cookie recipe.
Pure maple syrup – Our sweetener of choice for depth of flavor.
Coconut oil – Provides richness to the whole wheat carrot cake cookies.
Vanilla extract – For a more well-rounded flavor profile.
For the Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting:
Vegan cream cheese – Much like the cake, these vegan carrot cake cookies are topped with a luscious layer of cream cheese frosting!
Vegan unsalted butter – Vegan butter helps make the dairy-free cream cheese frosting easier to mix.
Vanilla extract – Keeps the vegan frosting from tasting flat.
Organic powdered sugar – Sweetens and thickens the frosting for the vegan cookies.
Tips For Making This Recipe
Grate Your Carrots Finely
This vegan carrot cookies recipe is best made with freshly grated carrots for a consistent texture and flavor.
Use Room Temperature Frosting Ingredients
Make sure your non-dairy butter and cream cheese are at room temperature, or your frosting will end up lumpy!
More Topping Ideas
Besides vegan cream cheese frosting, you can also top these vegan carrot cake cookies with vegan whipped cream or royal icing.
Vegan Carrot Cookies Recipe FAQs
Can I use pre shredded carrots for carrot cake cookies?
Since pre-shredded carrots are usually drier than freshly shredded ones, they could affect the texture of your dairy-free carrot cake cookies.
Can I use rolled oats instead of quick oats in this vegan carrot cake cookies recipe?
Sure! However, I recommend that you pulse the rolled oats in a blender or food processor first.
How to tell if carrot cookies are done baking?
The vegan carrot cookies are ready when they start to turn golden. It’s okay if they’re slightly underbaked since they’ll continue to cook on the baking sheet.
How long do healthy carrot cake cookies last in the fridge?
These vegan cake cookies will last up to 1 week in the fridge.
Can I make the vegan cream cheese frosting ahead of time?
Yes, you can make the frosting for these healthy carrot cookies in advance. Just transfer it to an airtight container and store it in the fridge for up to 3 days.
More Delicious Vegan Cookie Recipes
- Perfect Soft Sugar Cookies
- Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie
- Vegan No Bake Cookies
- Plant Based Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Vegan Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Vegan Carrot Cake Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup quick cooking oats
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/2 cup grated carrots
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup raisins, optional
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 8 oz vegan cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup vegan unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cups organic powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients until combined.
- Add the carrots, walnuts, coconut, and raisins. Stir until combined.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the maple syrup, coconut oil, and vanilla extract.
- Stir the wet ingredients into the flour mixture until you form a dough.
- Using a 1/4 cup, scoop the carrot cake cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheets. Arrange the cookie dough balls 2 inches apart.
- Slightly flatten the mounds with your fingers. Note that the way you put the cookie dough scoops in the oven is how they will look coming out because they won’t spread much.
- Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until the cookies are set and starting to get golden. Allow to rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then finish cooling on the wire rack.
- For the frosting, beat together the non-dairy cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the vanilla extract and mix.
- Slowly mix in 2 cups of powdered sugar. Once combined, add more powdered sugar, half a cup at a time, until you reach your desired consistency.
- Frost the cooled vegan carrot cake cookies and garnish with more coconut and walnuts. Enjoy!
Notes
- This vegan carrot cookies recipe is best made with freshly grated carrots for a consistent texture and flavor.
- Make sure your non-dairy butter and cream cheese are at room temperature, or your frosting will end up lumpy!
- Besides vegan cream cheese frosting, you can also top these vegan carrot cake cookies with vegan whipped cream or royal icing.
Yumm! I can definitely see myself making these! I love anything carrot-cakey 🙂