Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe

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Carrie Vasios Mullins
Carrie Vasios Mullins is a contributing writer at Serious Eats.
Carrie Vasios Mullins
Carrie Vasios Mullins is the former national editor at Serious Eats, with a focus on all things sweet.
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Updated Aug. 30, 2018
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Carrie Vasios

These spiced, cakey cookies are packed with carrots, raisins, and walnuts.

Recipe Details

Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe

Active 30 mins
Total 75 mins
Serves 24 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (5 ounces) all-purpose flour

  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature

  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

  • 1 large egg

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1 cup grated carrots

  • 1/2 cup raisins

  • 3/4 cups old-fashioned oats

  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

  • About 1/3 cup granulated sugar

Directions

  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.

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
122 Calories
6g Fat
16g Carbs
2g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 24
Amount per serving
Calories 122
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6g 8%
Saturated Fat 3g 13%
Cholesterol 18mg 6%
Sodium 125mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 16g 6%
Dietary Fiber 1g 3%
Total Sugars 9g
Protein 2g
Vitamin C 0mg 2%
Calcium 26mg 2%
Iron 1mg 3%
Potassium 76mg 2%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)