Easy Carrot Cake Cookies - Echoes of Laughter

Is there anything better than warm homemade cookies? My family loves homemade cookies and they don’t last long around here. After years of baking, I know that my favourite type of cookie has butter, white sugar AND brown sugar in the recipe. It gives the cookie just the right amount of crispy goodness on the outside and tender sweetness on the inside that I absolutely crave! I thought I would make this carrot cake cookies just for you for Easter! They are made with a basic cookie dough with a few other additions that most families have in their cupboards already!

I also finished these cookies in two ways so you could chose which way you like best!

This cookies are moist and delicious and give you all of the deliciousness of cake in an easy to serve cookie!

Carrot Cake Cookies

{makes approx. 3 dozen cookies}

Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 teapsoon cinnamon

1 cup grated carrot

Drizzle:

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup cream cheese

1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Sprinkles if desired.

To make:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Combine flour, soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl.

2. Beat the butter, sugar and brown sugar together with mixer until smooth & fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until well blended. Add the flour mixture and beat until well combined. Stir in grated carrot.

3. Drop tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheet. Bake until cookies just lose their shiny appearance…approximately 9-10 minutes. Let cookies cool on the baking sheets for 3-4 mintues before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

4. Spoon cream cheese icing into a small ziploc bag and cut a corner of bag with a very small cut. This makes your piping bag. Drizzle icing on cookies and decorate with sprinkles if desired.

Please note: You can also add 1 cup of coconut and 1/2 cup nuts to this recipe if desired.