Description
Delicious carrot cookies topped with creamy frosting, perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup unsalted butter (softened)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup grated carrots (about 2 medium carrots)
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Storebought or homemade cream cheese frosting
- Food coloring (optional, for frosting)
- Festive sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- In a large mixing bowl, use a hand mixer to cream the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes).
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract until smooth and fully combined. Stir in the grated carrots.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, mixing just until combined. Do not overmix.
- Using a cookie scoop or spoon, drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly with the back of a spoon or your fingers.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden and the centers are set. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cooled, spread or pipe cream cheese frosting onto each cookie to create the carrot cookie. Tint some frosting in a light green and tint some in orange. Place in a piping bag or zip top bag with a tiny corner cut out. Pipe a bead frame around the cookie by piping dots around the outer edge. Next, pipe the carrot. You can also just spread on some icing and dust with cinnamon; they are also delicious left plain.
Notes
- Store cookies in an airtight container for up to a week.
- These cookies can be frozen both before and after frosting.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 30mg