Carrot Cake Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

These wholesome oatmeal cookies are tender, chewy and irresistible! Bursting with carrot cake taste, these cookies are tremendous simple to make and style superb!

Moist and candy, these Carrot Cake Oatmeal Cookies are the right little dessert for Spring, and even Easter brunch!

In addition to, these little treats are a lot easier than making an entire carrot cake.

Fact be informed, come Easter, I at all times attain for a slice of carrot cake slathered with cream cheese frosting…  You, too, proper? I imply, we’re simply people, for Pete’s sake, we gotta have cake!

Clearly, this ain’t no cake, however on this recipe we’re going to introduce carrot cake to oatmeal cookies. Form of wholesome, verrrry simple, and actually actually scrumptious! YAY!

Paying homage to my Apple Oatmeal Cookies, these cookies are filled with hearty oats, cozy spices, and plenty of taste.

INGREDIENTS FOR CARROT CAKE OATMEAL COOKIES

• Carrots
• Oats
• Flour
• Brown Sugar
• Butter
• Eggs
• salt and baking soda
• cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger
• Walnuts are non-compulsory
• powdered sugar, for the glaze
• pineapple juice, for the glaze

HOW DO YOU MAKE CARROT CAKE OATMEAL COOKIES?

My FAVORITE a part of this recipe is that you just solely want one mixing bowl and a cookie sheet or sheet pan.

1. You first need to mix butter and brown sugar in your mixer’s bowl and cream the combination; add the eggs and beat till mixed.
2. Then, utilizing a wood spoon, you’ll add in the remainder of the substances; shredded carrots, oats, flour, spices, and walnuts.
3. To bake the cookies, preheat oven to 375F.
4. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough about 2-inches aside onto ready cookie sheets and bake for about 10 to 11 minutes, or till cookies are set.
5. As soon as the cookies have cooled down, mix powdered sugar and pineapple juice in a small mixing bowl and whisk collectively till mixed

Drizzle glaze over the cookies; let set, then serve.

I’ve made a ton of variations of those cookies for us as a result of they arrive collectively actually quick and are nice for mornings, particularly once we are on the go.

…and that’s like, day-after-day, to be trustworthy. I at all times handle to snooze the alarm clock 5 instances.

The skin of the cookie is barely crunchy, which I LOVE, and the within is moist, tender, and chewy. Additionally, the pineapple-flavored glaze is simply PERFECT!

Elements

FOR THE COOKIES:

• 1/2cup butter, softened
• 3/4cup packed gentle brown sugar
• 2large eggs
• 1teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2cups rolled oats
• 1 1/2cups finely shredded carrots
• 1teaspoon floor cinnamon
• 1/2teaspoon floor ginger (add extra when you like)
• 1/4teaspoon floor nutmeg
• 1/2teaspoon salt
• 1/2cup finely chopped walnuts (non-compulsory)

FOR THE GLAZE:

• 1/2cup powdered sugar
• 1tablespoon pineapple juice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. Evenly grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray and put aside.
3. In your mixer’s bowl, mix butter and brown sugar; combine till gentle and fluffy.
4. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
5. With a wood spoon, combine in the remainder of the substances, aside from powdered sugar and pineapple juice.
6. Stir till simply blended.
7. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough about 2-inches aside onto ready cookie sheets.
8. Bake for 10 to 11 minutes, or till set.
9. Take away from oven and switch the cookies to a cooling rack.
10. In the meantime, combine powdered sugar and pineapple juice in a small mixing bowl and drizzle over cooled cookies.