Carrot cake cookies with dates and coconut flour

Wonderfully chewy around the edges and cakey in the center, not too sweet, very aromatic

Mar 29, 2025

∙ Paid

We’re all different when it comes to food, and judging how good or bad a certain dish is, it’s totally subjective, as most things are anyway.

We are all unique and so are our tastes, our likes and dislikes which vastly depend on the foods we grew up eating, our everyday diet, the level of sweetness, saltiness, bitterness, etc. we can tolerate and are used to, and of course how educated our palate is and how accepting we are or can be to different ingredients and combinations.
Many people also have dietary restrictions, self-imposed or due to health issues, so it’s only understandable that every single one of us judges foods and flavor combinations differently.

I don’t have any dietary restrictions but my goal is to have a balanced diet that includes every single food group. I try to eat sweets in moderation but since I have a sweet tooth and most of the times tend to go for the calorific and extravagant desserts, I try to keep the balance and make some more healthy desserts and sweets as well.

I love to experiment and play around with different ingredients, which is something that has always led me to new paths, new flavors and ways to combine them, like these cookies here, which seemingly are carrot cookies but they’re actually more than that because there’s coconut in there in the form of flour, there’s squidgy dates, maple syrup and all kinds of spices. It’s like carrot cake but in cookie form, of the gluten-free kind.

The cookies may look rough around the edges and not picture-perfect, but they are delicious. They’re wonderfully chewy around the edges and cakey in the center, they’re not too sweet, with that characteristic caramel sweetness from the dates and maple syrup, and are very aromatic from the warming spices that have a gentle rather than aggressive taste. The coconut flour, which is finer than desiccated coconut and brings a texture to the cookies I particularly love, gives a delicate coconut flavor to them, while the carrot brings sweetness and earthiness.

The next day they are a bit softer, more cake-like and the flavor of the spices is more pronounced, and dare I say I like them more then? Yes, I do. They are perfect with my morning or afternoon coffee.