Carrot cake cookies are perfectly filled with cream cheese frosting and rolled in nuts.
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Enjoy these carrot cake cookies. You can fill them like sandwich cookies and it will make 6-7 filled cookies or you can frost the top of individual cookies to make more.
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filled cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups finely grated carrots
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup of unsalted butter softened
- 8 oz of Cream Cheese softened
- 3 cups of Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract
Ingredients
Cream Cheese Frosting
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Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, rolled oats, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt.
- In stand mixer bowl using paddle attachment cream the 1 stick of unsalted butter, light brown sugar and granulated sugar until well combined.
- Add egg and vanilla; mix. Slowly mix in the flour mixture until combined. Fold in carrots.
- Cover bowl of dough with plastic wrap, then refrigerate for 45 minutes or overnight.
- When ready to bake, heat oven to 350 F.
- With a cookie scoop roll 2 tablespoons of dough into balls and place onto parchment lined baking sheets.
- Bake 14-16 minutes.
- Let cool for 3-5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack.
- While cooling, beat softened, unsalted butter and cream cheese until creamy. Add in sugar 1 cup at a time mixing until combined. Add vanilla and mix until incorporated.
- Put 2 tablespoons of frosting on cooled cookie and top with second cookie. Roll sides in nuts if desired.
- Store in refrigerator.
- Enjoy!
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