Sweet Beet Cookies

I don't like beets! That was my darling son's response when I told him I had made Sweet Beet Cookies. I thought sandwiching the word beet between sweet and cookie would serve as sufficient enough distraction for Kenya. Not so much. And since I never want to trick my kids into eating foods that are good for them and hope they learn to love them on their own, simply calling this recipe something like Red Cookies was out of the question. But if the name itself wasn't a selling point, the site of these cookies...