Carrot cake cookies
- Portion size: Makes about 16 cookies
- Hands-on time 20 min, plus cooling time. Oven time 15 min.
- Difficulty: easy
Fragrant carrot cake meets golden cookies in this delicious mash-up recipe. Spread the carrot, cinnamon and pecan cookies with cream cheese icing and sprinkle with chopped nuts.
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Ingredients
- 140g softened unsalted butter
- 200g soft brown sugar
- 1 medium free-range egg, beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 250g plain flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 45g rolled oats, blended to a coarse powder
- 125g carrot, finely grated
- 100g pecans, roughly chopped
- Orange zest to decorate (optional)
For the icing
- 2 tbsp softened unsalted butter
- 60g icing sugar
- 180g cream cheese
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)
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Method
- Heat the oven to 180C fan/gas 6. Line 2 large baking sheets. Use an electric hand mixer to beat the butter and soft brown sugar together until pale in colour. Add the egg, vanilla extract, plain flour, baking powder, cinnamon and ground oats, then mix until combined. Stir in the grated carrot and 50g chopped pecans.
- Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts (about 30g each). Arrange 5cm apart on the prepared baking sheets. Press down lightly with your fingers or a fork, then bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven, use a spatula to lift the cookies to a cooling rack and set aside to cool completely.
- For the icing, mix together the icing sugar and butter until smooth. Add the cream cheese and vanilla and mix well until combined. Spread spoonfuls of the icing on the biscuits. Sprinkle over the remaining chopped pecans and some orange zest, if you like, to serve.
Nutrition
- 289kcals Calories
- 16.4g (7.7g saturated) Fat
- 3.8g Protein
- 30.9g (17.1g sugars) Carbs
- 1.5g Fibre
- 0.1g Salt
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