
If bite-sized carrot cake sounds good to you, this recipe is for you! Seriously, a soft carrot cake cookie topped with a dreamy vanilla cream cheese frosting and, yes, another carrot cake cookie. Behold confection perfection!
Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
My daughter loves baking cookies and I love the fact that this recipe actually contains a vegetable. I know it’s still a cookie but it seems far less decadent knowing that those bits of shredded carrot are in there. The carrot cake cookies bake up like tiny cakes, moist and delicious with a classic cream cheese frosting in the center.
Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
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1¼ cups all-purpose flour
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¾ cup old fashioned oats
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
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pinch of salt
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1 stick (4-ounces) unsalted butter
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1 cup light brown sugar
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1 large egg
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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1 cup grated carrots
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Cream Cheese Frosting:
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4 ounces cream cheese, softened
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2 ounces butter, softened
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½ – ¾ cup powdered sugar (depending on how sweet you like your frosting)
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½ teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
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Whisk the flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together in a medium bowl.
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Beat butter and sugar together in the bowl of a mixer until fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until just blended. Gradually add the dry ingredients, carrots then stir in the nuts.
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Drop dough by rounded teaspoons onto prepared baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes until golden brown and firm when touched lightly in the center.
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Make Frosting: Combine cream cheese and butter in the bowl of a mixer ad mix until fluffy. Gradually add the powdered sugar, then the vanilla.
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Assemble the Cookies: Divide the frosting evenly among half the cookies. Top with the remaining cookies and serve.12 sandwich cookies
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TIPS:
Measure the flour carefully (spoon then sweep). Too much and you’ll end up with dry, tough cookies.
Use a small ice cream scoop to drop dough onto baking sheets for evenly sized cookies perfect for sandwiches.
TOOLS:
Parchment Paper or Silicon Baking Mat
Baking Sheets
Whisk
Hand Mixer or Stand Mixer
Spatula
Scoop
TECHNIQUES:
Measuring Dry Ingredients
Baking

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