Oatmeal Cookies with Carrots and Ginger

A very special recipe, at first sight the combination of ingredients doesn't seem at all appetizing (I made them as diet cookies and I didn't have high expectations) but after tasting, the feeling of "Wow!" Appears.

They are crispy, coarse and with a fine ginger aroma - all the ingredients are in place, the most important thing is that the children really like it, Sofia eats 5 at a time.

Ingredients
Oat flakes
1 cup
Rye flour
1 cup
Finely grated peeled carrots
1 cup
Baking soda
0.5 tsp
Salt
0.25 tsp
Chopped walnuts
0.5 cups
finely chopped or ground, but not very fine
Cane sugar
0.5 cups
or plain sugar
Fresh shredded ginger
1 tsp
Sunflower oil
100 ml
Step by step
Step 1

Prepare the ingredients - 1 glass of oatmeal, 1 glass of rye flour and 1 glass of carrot given through a small grater (about 2 medium carrots).

Oatmeal Cookies with Carrots and Ginger - Step 1
Step 2

In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients - oats, rye flour, baking soda, salt, sugar and carrots.

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Step 3

Then add the walnuts and ginger given through a small grater, mix (with a spoon or with your hands).

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Step 4

And last of all, the oil works, mix well with your hands.

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Step 5

Knead for about 5 minutes until the dough sticks and is a little sticky. If you see that it is too crumbly, add a little more oil.

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Step 6

Take a little dough and form balls like a walnut.

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Step 7

And flatten them a little so that they are whips about 8-10mm thick.

Be careful with the dough, because it is more sticky, you have to wash your hands periodically so that you can work well with biscuits.

A discovery at Atelier was that they can be made beautiful and fast if you put on disposable plastic gloves.

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Step 8

Arrange on a Teflon tray, or spread with baking paper.

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Step 9

Bake them at 200 degrees, about 30 minutes - be sure to keep them a little longer, brown them a little.

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Step 10

Let them cool well then serve them with a tea or a cup of milk - delicious!

If you serve them hot, they may be softer.

Good appetite!

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Quantity: 1 kg ()
Prep time:
40 min
Difficulty: easy
Ready in: 60 min