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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

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add the brown sugar and granulated sugar, mixing well and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla until combined.
    Mixing butter, granulated and brown sugar together for making carrot Easter cookies.
  • In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt until evenly combined.
    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 old fashioned oatmeal and blend, scraping the sides of the bowl.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix until combined. Stir in the old fashioned oats, then fold in the grated carrots, raisins, and chopped walnuts. The dough will be thick.
    Adding walnut and raisins to an Easter cookie recipe.
  • Scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the cookies a few inches apart.
    Using a cookie scoop to place carrot Easter cookie dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
  • Lightly press the center of each cookie with a floured fork to flatten slightly.
    Carrot oatmeal cookies pressed with a floured fork for an Easter cookie recipe.
  • Bake for 12–15 minutes, checking at the 10-minute mark. Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheets.
    A tray of fresh baked carrot cookies sitting on parchment paper.

Cream Cheese Icing

  • In a small bowl or measuring cup, beat together 1/4 cup softened cream cheese, 1 cup icing sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla until smooth.
    A bowl full of cream cheese drizzle for carrot cookies.
  • If the glaze is too thick to drizzle, add milk one tablespoon at a time until it reaches a pourable consistency.
  • Once the cookies have cooled, drizzle the glaze over the tops using a spoon.
  • Warm store-bought caramel sauce slightly if needed, then drizzle over the cooled cookies.
    Carrot cookies on parchment paper drizzled with cream cheese icing and then caramel sauce.