Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe
Adorable carrot cake cookies are so easy to make. Topped with homemade cream cheese frosting, they're hard to resist!
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups grated carrots (about 4 carrots)
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- ½ cup butter softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- green food coloring
- orange food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a medium bowl, combine butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Beat until combined and creamy. Add eggs and vanilla making sure to mix well.
- Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt and beat to combine. Fold in carrots and chopped pecans and mix until combined.
- Drop dough scoops onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Edges should be lightly browned. Let cool.
- Make frosting by combing cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla and beating until smooth. Reserve a little bit of the frosting for the carrot design on top.
- Frost cookies. Use food coloring to dye parts of the reserve frosting green and orange. Pipe carrot design onto cookies.
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Nutrition
Calories: 352kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 241mg | Potassium: 96mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 2286IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg