Healthy Cookie Recipe: Carrot Cake Cookie

I love sweets and baked goods. However, I believe in balance and I would not be able to live a happy life if that meant no sweets. Being the Splenda hater I am, I was thrilled to receive a package from NuNaturals with plenty of stevia alternatives galore. Stevia is an all natural sugar alternative with zero calories. It was just approved last year by the FDA allowing products to move from the supplement section, to the sugar substitute isle. Stevia, unlike splenda or equal, is natural but has a bitter taste. In order to sell it in packet form, it has to be mixed with other ingredients. Many leave a funny after taste. I love Truvia and was disappointed to find out that they don’t have a baking blend (high temps can mess with the stuff). NuNaturals
has a stevia baking blend that has little to no aftertaste. I’ve made a few recipes they provided but I decided to venture on my own and her is my success.
Carrot Cake Cookies
I usually don’t use this many ingredients in my recipes, but feel free to use Splenda instead of Stevia and Erythritol or just use 1 1/4 cups of sugar if you don’t mind the calories. You can also use regular butter and flour.
Ingredients:



Dinner at Sorellina was ridiculously good. I got the arugula salad which had pine nuts and golden raisins to start and the scallops for my main meal. I promised my trainer I wouldn’t get dessert but I chose to try this crazy sounding one that was a spin on carrot cake but made with CELERY! It was amazing. I would have taken pics had Sorellina not been so busy (and classy). Sorry guys :( I blame the dessert cave in on the Pomegranate Martini which might have been the best I’ve ever had, bar none. Or the bottle of wine. Either one. Does it matter? (PS this photo is from Post 390 which has on the dessert menu, “A Sliver of Chocolate Cake.” I was the quintessential female who had to have it!)