Raw Carrot Cake Cookies

Hey lovelies!

I hope you all had a nice weekend and for us UK-ers a nice longer weekend. How fast they always fly by though! I took the longer weekend opportunity to go home to my apartment back up north to get away from the London madness and have a more relaxing weekend with more cooking facilities available I was however very disappointed that there were no kabochas to be seen to be roasted! Typical! I did however bake some tempeh which has been missed!

As I have mentioned previously, I have been enjoying more raw food now as it just really excites me. Some new recent discoveries have included raw pizza from Borough Market…

I can’t remember exactly what was in it but it had a flaxseed and some kind of nut crust, topped with a cashew cheese middle, topped with more of the crust mixture and finally topped with a sundried tomato and herb paste and a basil leaf. It was so good!!

I also found these raw sprouted oatmeal cookies in a health food store which my sweet tooth loved me for

After falling in love with these ‘go raw carrot cake super cookies’ that ordered from iHerb and quickly devoured, I felt inspired to make use of my dehydrator whilst I was back at home and make my own version. I made mine without coconut unlike these ones because personally, growing up, I never had coconut in my carrot cake so I wanted it to taste more like how I remember because carrot cake was definitely my fave type of cake!

Raw Carrot Cake Cookies

Ingredients

1 and 1/3 cup walnuts

1 cup finely grated carrot (I used two average sized carrots)

1/2 cup raisins

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp ginger

Place all of the ingredients into the food processor and mix until a nutty paste is formed. Spoon out the dough into balls and shape into discs and flatten slightly. Place on a teflon sheet in the dehydrator and leave for 8-10 hours until they are firm but soft enough to easily break into two.

Anyone with a dehydrator will know that the smell you can create from making raw foods is as if you have been baking…I left mine in overnight and when I woke up my whole apartment smelt so delicious!!

What is your favorite type of cake…maybe I can raw-i-fy it?

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13 comments

Kat @ a dash of fairydust said: May 8, 201219:04

I wish I had a dehydrator! You can make such AWESOME things with it,really… IÄm so jealous of everyone who has one!
Carrot cake happens to be my favorite cake,too,so I bet these cookies are wonderful! <3

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Elizabeth Len said: May 8, 201219:21

Oh my goodness I just ate that raw pizza for Borough Market on the weekend!! So so so good! I also went to back the day after and had one of the burgers and salads (can’t remember the stall name but it was something like Veggie Veggie??) and it was soo good too! It was a burger made with quinoa and sprouts I think! Best food market in the world I feel! Yummy! Your blog is great, fantastic recipes

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Kaila @healthyhelperblog! said: May 8, 201223:07

these look amazing! now if only I had a dehydrator gotta get one!

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paperbagblog said: May 9, 201209:56

The pizza looks amazing! As do your carrot cake cookies. I’m really interested in raw products at the moment, too – I find it so interesting how you can create something delicious without cooking!

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Fiona said: May 9, 201212:12

These do look wonderful. I’ve never had raw products (well apart from the usual everyday raw stuff) and now I’d like to find out more. I have a probably stupid question – do you eat everything cold? Or is it okay to warm things gently a bit? In summer, I would be fine with all raw food, but winter.. I would SO miss warm things.

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- kabochafashionista said: May 9, 201221:58
  
  Hi Fiona, I find it easier to eat everything cold in the summer but personally, I could never go 100% raw! I love my curries too much!! If you’re wanting to start eating more raw food though, then I definitely suggest introducing them slowly as opposed to going all out there and stopping all hot meals because they do take some getting used to and you’ll probably crave your normal meals! I think it’s all about mixing it up though and not denying yourself of what you love
  
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  - Fiona said: May 10, 201208:03
    
    I am definitely going to look into it more. I think I also have read someone’s blog post about going travelling and eating in raw food restaurants in the US or the UK, it might have been yours, but the food did sound so good.
    It’s coming in to winter here, but I could definitely start with raw foods during the day at least. Thank you for sparking my interest Nice to meet you by the way. I’ve read a lot, just barely commented. Have struggled with ED for most of my life, so it’s great to read someone who is fighting her best – you are inspiring
Laura@keepinghealthygettingstylish said: May 9, 201212:45

I will be making those! Thanks for the recipe

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Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes said: May 9, 201219:36

I love those carrot cake cookies. I have to make these for sure!

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LilyLipstick said: May 9, 201220:02

I love wandering around Borough Market, I need to try that raw pizza next time! x

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Nada (One Arab Vegan) said: May 9, 201221:57

That pizza sounds delicious! Love that you used raisins and not dates for those cookies – delicious and budget friendly, will have to try soon

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Lana said: May 10, 201215:00

these look lovely I have made raw carrot cake a few times with coconut flour, but haven’t tried dehydrating like this, so these are going on my list of things to try! The pizza looks yummy too, I will have to visit borough market and investigate! x

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offmotorway said: July 18, 201215:32

Mmm, these look like they’d be good un-dehydrated too (I don’t have one)!

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