Carrot Cake Cookies
Recipe: #10842
October 27, 2013
"The flavors of carrot cake in a cookie. These may be frosted or glazed with your favorite cream cheese or powdered sugar icing. Makes 18 cookies."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (26.7 g)
- Calories 102.4
- Total Fat - 5.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.8 g
- Cholesterol - 11.6 mg
- Sodium - 59.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 11.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
- Sugars - 5.6 g
- Protein - 1.4 g
- Calcium - 26 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F Lightly coat baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
Step 2
With electric mixer, beat egg and brown sugar in large bowl until thick and pale. Add oil. Beat until smooth.
Step 3
Add carrot, pecans, dates, orange juice and zest. Mix well.
Step 4
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Add to carrot mixture. Stir until no dry flour remains.
Step 5
Drop, using 1 rounded tablespoonful for each, about 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets. Bake for about 15 minutes until golden. Let stand on baking sheets for 5 minutes.
Step 6
Remove cookies from baking sheets and place on wire racks to cool.
Step 7
If glazing or frosting, wait until the cookies have cooled.
Tips
No special items needed.