Carrot Cake Cookies
Carrot Cake Cookies takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes from beginning to end. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 124 calories, 2g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. For 20 cents per serving, this recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. This recipe from Serious Eats requires all purpose flour, egg, carrots, and light brown sugar. It works well as a very budget friendly hor d'oeuvre. 999 people were glad they tried this recipe. It is perfect for Easter. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 18%, which is not so spectacular. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Carrot Cake Cookies, Carrot Cake Cookies, and Carrot Cake Cookies.
Servings: 24
Ingredients:
1 cup (5 ounces) all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cardamom
1 cup grated carrots
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg
About 1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 cups old fashioned oats
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Equipment:
whisk
bowl
wooden spoon
plastic wrap
oven
baking sheet
wire rack
Cooking instruction summary:
Procedures 1 In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. 2 In a large bowl, beat together butter and brown sugar with a wooden spoon until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add dry ingredients to the bowl and beat until just combined. Stir in carrots, raisins, oats, and walnuts until evenly distributed throughout the dough. Cover dough with plastic wrap and let chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes. 3 Adjust oven rack to upper and middles position and preheat oven to 350°F. Place sugar in a shallow bowl. Take a heaping teaspoon of dough and roll into a ball. Gently roll ball in sugar then place on baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake cookies until golden, 15-17 minutes. 4 Let cookies cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling. Let cookies cool completely before eating.
Step by step:
1. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
2. In a large bowl, beat together butter and brown sugar with a wooden spoon until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla.
3. Add dry ingredients to the bowl and beat until just combined. Stir in carrots, raisins, oats, and walnuts until evenly distributed throughout the dough. Cover dough with plastic wrap and let chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
4. Adjust oven rack to upper and middles position and preheat oven to 350°F.
5. Place sugar in a shallow bowl. Take a heaping teaspoon of dough and roll into a ball. Gently roll ball in sugar then place on baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough.
6. Bake cookies until golden, 15-17 minutes.
7. Let cookies cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
8. Let cookies cool completely before eating.
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