Go Back
–+ cookies

Carrot Cake Cookies

This easy Carrot Cake Cookies recipe features all the flavors of carrot cake rolled into tasty, convenient cookies.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 27 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies

Ingredients

Carrot Cake Cookies

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cup old fashioned oats
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup shredded carrots
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Add butter and both sugars to a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream until lighter in color and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
  • Add in the egg and vanilla making sure to scrape the sides of the bowl.
  • Meanwhile in a small bowl combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  • Slowly add the dry ingredients to the stand mixer and mix just until combined.
  • Fold in the shredded carrots and nuts by hand.
  • Portion out cookies onto the prepared baking sheet in heaping tablespoons. Lightly press down on the cookies. Bake for 11-12 minutes or until the edges of the cookies look set. They will still be a bit underdone and that is ok. The cookies will continue to cook as they cool.
  • Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then remove them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Once cookies are cool frost the cookies by either drizzling on the cream cheese frosting or by pipping or spreading on the frosting with a spatula.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • Add butter and cream cheese to a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream for 2-3 minutes or until smooth and lump free. Add in vanilla and powdered sugar and mix until smooth.

Notes

For the cream cheese frosting: Use the full recipe is spreading / frosting the cookies. If drizzling the cookies (like I did in the picture cut the recipe in half). 

Nutrition Information

Calories: 187kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 69mgPotassium: 57mgFiber: 1gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 697IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg