Description
Delicious cookies that taste like carrot cake with warm spices, soft bits of carrot, and topped with cream cheese icing.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, browned
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups grated carrots
- 1 cup toasted pecans, chopped
- 1/2 cup cream cheese, for icing
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar, for icing
- 1–2 tsp milk, for icing
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine the browned butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a mixing bowl until well mixed.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract, beating until smooth.
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix until combined.
- Fold in the grated carrots and toasted pecans.
- Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are golden.
- Prepare the icing by mixing the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and milk until smooth while the cookies cool.
- Decorate the cookies with the cream cheese icing once cooled and enjoy!
Notes
Brown the butter slowly for a nutty aroma, and do not overbake the cookies for best results.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg