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Easter’s Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe

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Easy Carrot cookies that are soft and moist every time. The cream cheese filling is addictive!
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Ingredients
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Servings
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Ingredients
For the Cream Cheese Frosting
carrot cake cookies recipe
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Instructions
  1. Combine flour, quick oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, set aside.
  2. In the bowl of an stand mixer, cream together butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until well blended.
  3. Mix in egg and vanilla extract.
  4. Slowly add in flour mixture and fold just until combined.
  5. Stir in carrots, then fold in walnuts.
  6. Cover and chill dough 1 hr 15 minutes.
  7. Preheat oven to 350 during.
  8. Drop dough, 2 Tbsp at a time, on to parchment paper lined baking sheets, spacing cookies at least 2-inches apart.
  9. Bake in preheated oven 12 - 13 minutes until centers are set.
  10. Allow to cool on baking sheet for a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
For the cream cheese frosting
  1. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer whip together cream cheese, butter and salt until smooth and fluffy.
  2. Stir in vanilla and powdered sugar and continue to whip until smooth and very fluffy.
  3. Sandwich 2 cookies together with the cream cheese filling and serve.