Healthy Pumpkin Cookies For Toddlers (no added sugar, egg free!)
These Healthy Pumpkin Cookies for toddlers are the perfect protein + fiber-packed fall snack! Made with wholesome ingredients like almond flour, oats, pumpkin, and flax. They’re egg-free, refined sugar-free, and totally toddler approved. Your whole fam will love them!
Equipment
- hand mixer for icing
Ingredients
for the pumpkin cookies
- 1 cup almond flour
- ½ cup rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed or Tiny Sprouts Digestion Booster + 3 tablespoon water or 1 egg if no allergy is present
- 2 tablespoon additional ground flaxseed (Tiny Sprouts Digestion Booster)
- ½ cup pumpkin purée
- ¼ cup nut or seed butter cashew, almond, or sunflower seed butter, sub melted butter or coconut oil
- ½ banana, mashed or 3-4 tablespoon maple syrup for sweetness
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger
- pinch of salt
for the pumpkin cream cheese icing
- 2 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin purée
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup or omit for no added sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- dash of cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a small bowl, mix 1 tablespoon flaxseed + 3 tablespoon water and let sit for 5 minutes to thicken. Or skip if you're using a regular egg!
- In a large bowl, stir together pumpkin purée, nut or seed butter, mashed banana or maple syrup, vanilla extract, and the prepared flax egg until smooth.
- Stir in almond flour, oats, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, salt, and the additional 2 tablespoon flaxseed (or Tiny Sprouts Booster) until a soft dough forms. If dough feels sticky, add 1-2 tablespoon oats. If dry, add a spoonful of pumpkin purée.
- Scoop about 1 ½ tablespoon of dough per cookie, roll, and flatten slightly. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are set and lightly golden. Let cool completely before icing.
Notes
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