📋 Healthy Red Velvet Cookie Recipe
This natural and Healthy Red Velvet cookie incorporates natural ingredients like beets (no red dye), real butter and whole wheat flour. It makes a great lunch box snack or dessert!
Servings 20 cookies
Calories 146kcal
Ingredients
- 2 ¾ cups whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- â…” cup butter
- ½ cup cocoa
- 1 -398 ml/140z can can beets drained and pureed
- ½ cup white granulated sugar
- 1 ½ cup packed brown sugar
- â…” cup plain non fat greek yogurt * Note: If you don't like the non fat stuff you could go full fat, but it will obviously increase the calorie count.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Spray cookie sheet with non- stick cooking spray
- In mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cocoa and salt; set aside.
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat; add sugars (mixture will resemble coarse sand).
- Add yogurt and vanilla and drained and pureed beets to saucepan, stirring to combine.
- Add flour mixture, stirring until moist.
- Take the amount of a heaping tablespoon and form into balls. Then press down gently with a fork. Spread 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
- Bake at 350° for 12- 15 minutes or until almost set (and lightly browned on bottom). Cool on pans 3 to 5 minutes or until firm to the touch.
- Remove cookies from pans; cool on wire racks. The cookies will have a cakey texture
Notes
**Note: results may differ (especially the color of the cookies), depending on brands of ingredients used
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Nutrition
Calories: 146kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 122mg | Potassium: 67mg | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 190IU | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 0.4mg
