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Carrot Baby Cookies Using Baby Food

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Posted:6/24/20
Updated:3/18/22
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Easy to make Baby Cookies recipe using a jar of carrot baby food. These homemade cookies are healthy for the entire family and will help your teething baby feel better! Perfect way to get rid of all that leftover baby food!

carrot baby cookies with jar of carrot baby food on white table

Recipe Using Leftover Baby Food

Finally, no more feeling bad about all those leftover jars of baby food you have. I’ve been asked in my Sweet Potato Baby Led Weaning Cookies recipe about what to do with baby food, and finally I have a recipe solution for that. Now you can make these Baby Cookies using jarred baby food! And even better, they taste good, so good the entire family can eat them!

These homemade cookies are made with simple, natural ingredients that you can feel good about giving your growing little one. You’ll need a 4 ounce jar of carrot baby food, 1/2 a banana, quick oats, all purpose flour, cinnamon and brown sugar (this is optional).

carrot baby cookies in white bowl

How to Make Baby Cookies

Grab your jar of baby food. If you have a lot of leftover jars of baby food, you can easily double or triple this recipe and freeze the cookies.

organic baby food jar with quick oats on white table

Pour the baby food into a medium sized bowl.

carrot baby food in white bowl

Add 1/2 of a ripe banana into bowl.

pureed carrots and banana in white bowl

It’s important that the banana is mashed and pretty smooth. Mix the banana with baby food with a spoon or masher to get it as smooth as possible with minimal lumps.

mashed up pureed carrots in white bowl with silver spoon

Add quick oats, flour, cinnamon and brown sugar into the bowl and continue stirring. I stir everything with a spoon. If you want to make baby cookies without sugar, you can skip the brown sugar.

flour, oats, carrots, brown sugar and cinnamon in white bowl

Using a spoon or your hands, shape into tablespoon sized balls and place on cookie sheet or silicone baking mats. The dough will feel wet and stick to your hands, that’s totally ok and how it’s supposed to be. Gently press down with a fork to slightly flatten them. Bake for 15 minutes.

carrot cookies on silicone baking mat ready to go into the oven

Remove from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes. During this time why will become more firm.

baked carrot baby cookies stacked up in pile on white table

These will keep for a couple days in an airtight container, or you can freeze them to last for a few months.

group of baby cookies in white bowl on white table

When can a baby have these cookies?

Every baby differs, so there’s no 1 answer for this. These are more finger food cookies than first solids, so I would hold off until they have completely adapted to soft solids. I didn’t start letting my little one try these until she was around 8,9,10 months old and I knew she could handle them.

The great thing about these cookies is they can stick around for years. Not only will your 10 month old like them, but here’s my almost 3 year old reaching for one after she came home from the park! Even I love them with my afternoon tea. 🙂

kids hand reaching in and taking healthy carrot cookie off white table

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Easy to make Baby Cookies recipe using a jar of carrot baby food. These homemade cookies are healthy for the entire family and will help your teething baby feel better! Perfect way to get rid of all that leftover baby food!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
serves 10 cookies

Ingredients

  • 4 ounce jar of carrot baby food
  • 1/2 banana mashed
  • 1/2 cup quick oats
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Open baby food jar and pour it into a medium sized bowl. Add mashed banana and stir until completely smooth.
  • Add oats, flour, cinnamon and brown sugar (optional) and continue stirring with a spoon.
  • Place tablespoon sized drops of cookie dough onto a cookie sheet that's been sprayed with nonstick spray or silicone baking mats. I like to do this with my hands to form them into little balls. The dough will feel wet and sticky right now – so don't be alarmed by this. Gently press down on each cookie with a fork.
  • Bake cookies for 15 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes, during this time they will become more firm.
  • These will store for 2-3 days in an airtight container, or you can freeze for later use.

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 45kcal (2%)
Course:Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine:American
Keyword:baby cookies, carrot baby food
Did you make this?I love seeing what you’ve made! Tag me on Instagram at @BrooklynFarmGirl and don’t forget to leave a comment & rating below.

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  1. Jassney says

    October 17, 2021 at 10:59 pm

    My 1 year old loves these! Very chewy but he didn’t mind. Easy to make, simple ingredients, kiddo approved.

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  2. Cheyenne says

    January 11, 2021 at 8:16 pm

    Could you use baby oatmeal?

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