Foodie Showdown #2: Beet Cookies!

Happy Labor Day, all! Hope you have some nice time with friends and family!

Today is the day to share results of the second Foodie Showdown over at I Heart Wellness (a blog that I super heart!).

The ingredients for this week are:

beets

orange zest

honey ( I subbed agave)

nuts/seeds

I decided to make cookies! I am super revved up about the Eat Clean Diet (which is really more a lifestyle than a diet...) so I attempted a pretty "clean" vegan cookie recipe. 

Beet Cookies 

(original recipe blueprint from here)

3/4 c Bob's Red Mill low carb baking mix

1/2 t baking powder

1/4 t sea salt

1/4 mashed beets

1/2 t vanilla

5 drops liquid stevia

3 T unsweetened almond milk

1 T unsweetened applesauce

1/2 t coconut oil

1/2 t orange zest

1 T ground flax seed

1 T agave (could use honey)

1/4 c vegan chocolate chips

Stir up and bake 10-12 minutes at 350. The low carb baking mix makes a kind of muffin-y cookie, and these are very mildly sweet. If you like the sweetness upped, use more stevia for sure! 

 The finished product! These are dense, kooky looking, and perfect for a sweet tooth attack!

   

P.S. Check back Wednesday for a super cute giveaway in honor of Strike Sugar month!