Name: Carrot Cookies for Easter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter; 1 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 2 large eggs; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 cups flour; 1 tsP baking soda; 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup grated carrots ((packed)); 1/2 cup raisins (to taste add more if you like); 1/2 cup chopped walnuts; 2 cups old fashioned oatmeal; Purchased caramel ice cream topping; 1/4 cup cream cheese (softened); 1 cup icing sugar; 1/4 tsp vanilla; tbsp milk to thin (use as needed)

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An Easy to Make Gourmet Cookie for Easter

Chewy and sweet carrot cookie recipe for Easter. Although Easter cookies are often colourful and made with oodles of sweet candies in a wide variety of colours these Easter cookies feature the flavours of carrot cake with cream cheese, warm spices and raisins. Step aside chocolate, carrots are another traditional Easter flavour after all.

Two carrot cookies drizzled with cream cheese icing and caramel being served on a white plate for Easter. There is also a large green bowl full of carrot cookies in the background and two faux carrots.

Perfect Cookies for Spring and Easter

These carrot Easter cookies feature two different drizzles for even more flavour. You can make an easy cream cheese icing glaze to drizzle over the top, or add a caramel drizzle kids are sure to love. I added both toppings, lots of sweet flavours in this Easter cookie.

Carrot Easter Cookie Ingredients

Carrot Cookie Dough

3/4 cups butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup grated carrots (packed)

1/2 cup raisins (to taste)

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

2 cups old fashioned oatmeal

Caramel Ice Cream Topping (optional)

Cream Cheese Drizzle

1/4 cup cream cheese softened

1 cup icing sugar

1/4 tsp vanilla

milk to thin

Easter Carrot Cookies Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper, set aside.

In a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer. Cream the butter on high speed until light and fluffy. Add the brown sugar and the granulated sugar gradually, beating well after each addition. Make sure to push down the sides of the bowl, add the eggs one at a time beating after each addition. Then add the vanilla, mix well.

Mixing butter, granulated and brown sugar together for making carrot Easter cookies.

In a second bowl, mix the dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix well to distribute the baking soda.

A bowl full of dry ingredients for making an Easter cookie recipe. Their is a large white bowl, with flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking powder with text labels on top.

Add the dry ingredients to the buttery ingredients and mix well

Add the old fashioned oatmeal and blend, scraping the sides of the bowl. Your cookie dough will be stiff and firm. It will also smells so darn good.

Mixing together a bowl of cookie dough, with a jar of oatmeal and fresh grated carrots on the side for making a carrot cookie recipe for Easter.

Once blended, fold in the grated carrots.

Finally add the raisins and chopped walnuts. Mix everything well.

Adding walnut and raisins to an Easter cookie recipe.

Panning the Carrot Drop Cookies

These gourmet style carrot cookies are easy because they are a simple drop cookie. No special decorating, fiddling with fondant, rolling, cutting or chilling. I just love scoop and bake drop cookie recipes and I bet you do to.

Using a cookie scoop to place carrot Easter cookie dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.

Once the carrot cookies are scooped onto the cookie sheet, press the center with a floured fork. The dough is sticky so you absolutely need to have the fork floured.

Carrot oatmeal cookies pressed with a floured fork for an Easter cookie recipe.

Once pressed place the cookies in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes. Check the cookies after 10 minutes. Once baked remove from the oven and set aside to cook. Leave the cookies on the parchment paper.

Adding the Cream Cheese and Caramel Drizzle

Making the cream cheese icing is very simple. Add 1/4 cup of softened cream cheese to a small bowl or measuring cup. Add 1 cup of icing sugar and beat well. Add 1/4 tsp of vanilla and mix well. Using a small spoon lift the icing out to see if it drops, if it is too thick add a tablespoon of milk until you reach the icing drizzles.

A bowl full of cream cheese drizzle for carrot cookies.

Using a small spoon drizzle the icing over the cookies. Do the same with the purchased caramel sauce. If it doesn’t want to drizzle place a couple tablespoon in the microwave for 30 seconds and defrost and try again. My caramel sauce came in a drizzle container which made it super easy.

Carrot cookies on parchment paper drizzled with cream cheese icing and then caramel sauce.

A bowl full of carrot cookies and some faux carrots are in the background. The amazing carrot cookie is broken in half where you can see the layers of raisins, oatmeal, cream cheese and caramel.

Speaking of Pinterest. I have an entire board full of my favorite Easter Recipes, some of my own and some other recipes that inspired me.

Carrot Cookies for Easter

A special gourmet cookie recipe for Easter. These carrot cookies are the perfect blending of old fashioned oatmeal with carrot cake flavours including cream cheese icing.

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Prep Time:10

Cook Time:15

Ingredients

¾ cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsP baking soda
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp salt
1 cup grated carrots (packed)
½ cup raisins to taste add more if you like
½ cup chopped walnuts
2 cups old fashioned oatmeal
Purchased caramel ice cream topping

Cream Cheese Icing Drizzle

¼ cup cream cheese softened
1 cup icing sugar
¼ tsp vanilla
tbsp milk to thin use as needed

Instructions

Easter Carrot Cookies

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper, set aside.
In a large bowl cream the butter until light and fluffy. Add the brown sugar and the granulated white sugar gradually beating after each addition.
Add vanilla and beat well.
In a second bowl, mix the dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix well to distribute the baking soda.
Add the dry ingredients to the buttery ingredients and mix well
Add the old fashioned oatmeal and blend, scraping the sides of the bowl.
Once blended, fold in the grated carrots.
Finally add the raisins and chopped walnuts. Mix everything well.
Using a cookie scoop drop the cookie dough onto the parchment lined cookie sheets.
Once the carrot cookies are scooped onto the cookie sheet, press the center with a floured fork. The dough is sticky so you absolutely need to have the fork floured.
Once pressed place the cookies in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes. Check the cookies after 10 minutes. Once baked remove from the oven and set aside to cook. Leave the cookies on the parchment paper.

Cream Cheese Icing

Add 1/4 cup of softened cream cheese to a small bowl or measuring cup. Add 1 cup of icing sugar and beat well. Add 1/4 tsp of vanilla and mix well. Using a small spoon lift the icing out to see if it drops, if it is too thick add a tablespoon of milk until you reach the icing drizzles.
Using a small spoon drizzle the icing over the cookies. Do the same with the purchased caramel sauce.
If the caramel sauce is too thick to drizzle, place a couple tablespoon in the microwave for 30 seconds and defrost and try again. My caramel sauce came in a drizzle container which made it super easy.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American, Canadian

Servings: 24 large cookies

Cost: $8

Other Easter Cookies and Treats

A single Easter cookie made with chocolate and coconut base. The Easter treat is then topped with three mini chocolate Easter eggs so that it looks like a birds nest. The cookie is sitting on a pink plate covered with a pretty floral Easter napkin.

Bird’s Nest Easter Cookie Recipe

Another easy to make Easter cookie recipe. This time the bird’s nest cookies begin with a chocolate no bake base with coloured chocolate Easter eggs. Easy to make and no bake recipe for Easter.

A plate of homemade chocolate Easter Eggs surrounded by small foil covered Easter egg candy.

Chocolate Easter Egg Recipe

These chocolate Easter treats are no bake and made extra special with the use of good belgian chocolate and a choice of two fillings. Make them as chocolate peanut butter Easter eggs, or use a sweet coconut cream filling. So much better tasting then boughten eggs are, you will be glad you took the time.