Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Description
This recipe creates carrot cake-flavored cookies by mixing shortening, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, and milk with a combination of quick oats, flour, shredded carrot, optional zucchini, raisins, and warming spices including cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Baking the dough spooned out in small portions produces soft cookies with a moist texture from the shredded vegetables.
Once cooled, the cookies are frosted with a cream cheese mixture made by blending cream cheese, butter, milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy. The frosting adds richness and complements the spices and vegetable flavors in the cookie.
Optionally topping the frosted cookies with chopped walnuts adds textural contrast and a nutty element. These cookies work as a dessert or snack and can include ingredients like raisins or chocolate chips for variation.
The batter tends to be wet, so using a cookie scoop or spoon helps shape uniform cookies. Adding nuts or chocolate chips inside the batter is a personal choice for additional texture or sweetness.
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 1/4 cups brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup milk
- 3 cups quick oats
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups carrot 1 cup carrots and 1/2 cup zucchini also works, shredded
- 1/2 cup raisins optional
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 cup walnuts chopped (optional for topping)
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 3 tablespoons butter softened
- 1 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 to 1½ pounds powdered sugar
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with hand beaters, mix shortening, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, and milk together. Scrape the sides of the bowl before adding dry ingredients.
- Add remaining cookie ingredients to the mixture and mix at a low speed until blended.
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls using a spoon or cookie scoop onto a cookie sheet.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven. After cookies have slight cooled, place them on a wire rack and allow them come to room temperature before frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Blend cream cheese, butter, milk, and vanilla together.
- Stir in powdered sugar until frosting is smooth and creamy.
- When cookies are cooled, spread icing on the top of each cookie and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
Notes
- The cookie dough will be wet; use a spoon or cookie scoop to form evenly sized cookies.
- Adding chopped walnuts to the batter provides a crunchy texture contrast.
- Chocolate chips can be added to the dough for extra sweetness and flavor variation.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 338 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 338kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 55g | 18% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 20mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 176mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 136mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 40g | 80% |
| Vitamin A | 1525IU | 31% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 37mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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