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interior texture of frosted carrot cake cookie.
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Carrot Cake Cookies

These easy carrot cake cookies with cream cheese frosting are packed full of spices, oats, carrots, raisins and pecans! Made in under an hour, they are everything you love about carrot cake in cookie form.
Prep Time45 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Cooling Time20 minutes
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chewy cookies, cream cheese buttercream, moist carrot cake
Servings: 18 cookies

Ingredients

For the cookies:

For the cream cheese frosting:

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees F. In large bowl, whisk melted butter, sugars and egg yolk. In separate medium bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, ginger and salt. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture to combine. Stir in oats, carrots, pecans and raisins just until dough forms. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
  • Roll dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Space 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Flatten slightly Bake 12-18 minutes until set and lightly golden. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
  • In small bowl, beat remaining butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar on medium speed until smooth. Beat in vanilla and heavy cream until slightly lightened.
  • Pipe or spread frosting on the cooled cookies.

Notes

Yield – 18 Cookies
Presentation – Flatten dough slightly before baking because they do not spread in the oven.
Storage – Store frosted or unfrosted cookies at room temperature in an airtight container for up to a week. You can also store them in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or frozen for 2 months. They will be best when consumed within 4 days.
Adapted from Martha Stewart

Nutrition

Calories: 276kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 88mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 1234IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg