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Vegan Carrot Cherry Breakfast Cookies

August 31, 2011 by Joy the Baker 159 Comments

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When I was a small little baby girl, I was super stoked to grow up and:

Wear sunglasses like Jackie O.  Stop doing homework.  Shave my legs (um…. wwwhhhhyyyy!?).  Stay up past 9:30.  Watch all the Beverly Hills 90210 ever ever ever made.  Do my own hair.  Roller skate without a helmet.  Play basketball better than my little sister (I can not.  I mean… come on).  Be a firefighter, writer, or veterinarian.  Eat cookies for breakfast, Cheetos for lunch, and fried chicken and chocolate cake for dinner.

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I’m a real-life grown-up now.

I’ve moved past my haphazard Jackie O phase.  I’m pretty sure that email is the new homework.  I shave my legs, but wow… the appeal of that pastime is loooong gone.  I stay up as late as I want… because I’m grown.  Beverly Hills 90210 has been replaced by Real Housewives of Minnetonka.  I get my hair done did…. and that feels nice.  I wear a helmet because I’m totally over trying to look cute.  I’m totally into trying to look alive.  I realized I don’t like fire, dictionaries, or sick animals.  I don’t eat Cheetos for lunch.  If I ate fried chicken and chocolate cake everyday I would be a happy and hefty lady.

But!  but but but but but….. I can totally have cookies for breakfast.

I may have known absolutely nothing about my adult self as a young youth…. Meh! At least now there are cookies, and coffee, and iPhones.

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These are happy happy cookies!  Major.

They’re absolutely filled with good for you stuffs!

Whole wheat flour.  Oats.  Millet.  Carrots.  Dried cherries.  Maple Syrup.  Coconut oil.  and Ginger!

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Amazing!

I didn’t say any words like butter, chocolate, peanut butter, cupcake, nutella, marshmallows.  I didn’t say aaaany of those words!  It sorta made me twitch a little.

These breakfast cookies are entirely wholesome and totally delicious.  They’re moist, soft, and cakey… like carrot cake with a crunch.  They have just a hint of coconut flavor (from the oil), a little zip from the ginger, and a perfect tartness from the dried cherries.  I am totally obsessed!

If you eat one whole rushing out of the house, into your car, into traffic, spilling your coffee, forgetting your cell phone, trying to get to work… I assure you, you’ll feel like a real-life grown-up.  For better or worse.

Carrot Millet Breakfast Cookies

makes about 2 dozen cookies

adapted from 101 Cookbooks

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1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or all-purpose flour)

1 cup old-fashioned oats

3 tablespoons dry millet

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup coconut oil, melted

1/2 cup real maple syrup

heaping 1 cup shredded carrots

1/2 cup dried cherries, coarsely chopped

2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger

Place racks in the center and upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, oats, millet, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.

In another medium bowl, whisk together coconut oil, maple syrup, shredded carrots, dried cherries, and ginger.  Add the wet ingredients, all at once to the dry ingredients.  Fold together until thoroughly incorporated.  Let dough stand for 5 minutes before spooning by the tablespoonful onto the prepared baking sheets.

Bake for 10 minutes, or until just slightly browned and cooked through.  I like these cookies a bit underdone.  Remove from the oven, allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.  Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.  The fresher the cookies are, the better the are… obviously.

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  1. thou

    September 5, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    wow, I could so feed these to my pet parrots as well minus the oil part. def will have to try these. one batch for me and one batch for my birds.

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  2. Lady Jennie

    September 5, 2011 at 6:14 am

    I bet I can tweak this to make it gluten free (chestnut flour?) but I have never seen dried cherries here. I’d have to find a substitute, but how delicious (and healthy) does this look?

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  3. Carroll

    September 3, 2011 at 6:57 pm

    You had me at cookies for breakfast..#legit

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  4. Gillian

    September 2, 2011 at 8:03 pm

    I just made these and they are wonderful. My husband wanted to eat them all. He said a 4 pack of these and an espresso for breakfast and he’s set.

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  5. Katie

    September 2, 2011 at 3:44 pm

    What fantastic looking breakfast cookies! I think I could eat one every morning and be a happy camper.

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  6. Lauren (PB&G)

    September 2, 2011 at 9:18 am

    I love that you throw vegan recipes into the mix every now and then! These look fantastic! I need to haul home a 10 lb bag of carrots now..

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  7. Ali

    September 1, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    These look so good. Carrots in a cookie??? Oh sure why not. I may give these a go this weekend!

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  8. anna

    September 1, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    cookies for breakfast eh? sold!

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  9. Kelsey @ Snacking Squirrel

    September 1, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    i am obsessed with both the idea of cookie for breakfast and carrot cake!! NOM this is excellent!

    xoxo <3

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  10. Maria @ Orchard Bloom

    September 1, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    These look great!!! YUM YUM YUM.

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  11. Kerry @ Newlywedcooks

    September 1, 2011 at 5:48 pm

    Oh my! I love the napkin that plate is resting on top of…. so gorgeous. As always, I love your pictures Joy! :)

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  12. Hanna

    September 1, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    Ah these look kind of dire..I hope they taste good!

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  13. Urban Wife

    September 1, 2011 at 11:34 am

    Oh boy oh boy oh boy. These cookies are going to be made (magically, I wish) for Sunday breakfast this weekend.

    Reply
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