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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.
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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.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Canadian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 24 large cookies
Cost $8

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.
    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.
  • Once blended, fold in the grated carrots.
    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.
  • Finally add the raisins and chopped walnuts. Mix everything well.
    Adding walnut and raisins to an Easter cookie recipe.
  • Using a cookie scoop drop the cookie dough onto the parchment lined cookie sheets.
    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.
    A tray of fresh baked carrot cookies sitting on 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.
    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 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.
    Carrot cookies on parchment paper drizzled with cream cheese icing and then caramel sauce.