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Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe

Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe

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These Carrot Cake Cookies are a delightful twist on classic carrot cake, combining all the flavors you love in a convenient cookie form. Loaded with fresh carrots, warm spices, and toasted pecans, these cookies are topped with a decadent brown butter cream cheese icing for the ultimate treat.

Ingredients

Carrot Cake Cookies:

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup finely shredded fresh carrots
  • ½ cup chopped pecans, toasted

Brown Butter Cream Cheese Icing:

  • ½ cup salted butter, browned and cooled to room temperature
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt

Instructions

  1. Carrot Cake Cookies: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Cream together butter and sugars. Add egg, vanilla. Whisk dry ingredients, add to mixer. Mix in carrots and pecans. Scoop dough, freeze. Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes. Let cool.
  2. Brown Butter Cream Cheese Icing: Brown butter, cool. Cream together cream cheese, butter, vanilla. Add powdered sugar, cinnamon, salt. Mix until fluffy. Ice cookies, garnish with pecans.

Notes

  • Storage Information: Room Temperature: Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Refrigerate frosted cookies for up to 5 days. Freeze unfrosted cookies for up to 3 months.
  • Pre-shredded Carrots: Freshly shredded carrots are recommended for better texture.
  • Flattening Cookies: If cookies don’t flatten while baking, drop the baking sheet to flatten.

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