Carrot Cake Cookies

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Carrot Cake Cookies

Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 42 cookies
Calories 229 kcal

Ingredients
  

Cookies

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoon cinnamon ground
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups carrots approx. 4 medium carrots, grated
  • 1 cup pecans finely chopped

Frosting

  • 4 cups sugar powdered
  • ½ cup butter
  • 8 oz cream cheese 1 package, softened
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • Green food color if desired
  • Orange food color if desired

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350° F.
  • Combine 1 cup butter, sugar and brown sugar in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla, beat until well mixed. Add flour, baking sod, cinnamon and salt; beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. Stir in carrots and pecans.
  • Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 11-13 minutes or until lightly browned around edges. Cool completely.
  • Combine powdered sugar, 1/2 cup butter, cream cheese and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in bowl; beat at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Reserve 1/2 frosting.
  • Frost each cooled cookie with 2 teaspoons frosting. Divide reserved frosting in half. Tint one half green and one half orange. Spoon each tinted frosting into resealable plastic food bags; snip off corner of bags. Make carrot design on top of each cookie, if desired.

Nutrition Disclaimer

Paulson Pursuits is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

Nutrition

Calories: 229kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 118mgPotassium: 56mgFiber: 1gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 1308IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg
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