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Carrot Cake Thumbprint Cookies
This fun cookie recipe are all the flavors of your favorite carrot cake scaled down into a cute, bite-sized cookie!
👥 30 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 29 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 9 min👤 Shelly📖 cookiesandcups
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- baking sheet
- oven
- bowl
- spatula
- knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
2
In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix together the butter and both sugars for ⏱️ 2 minutes. Add in the eggs, vanilla, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon and mix for ⏱️ 1 minutes until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
butter, room temperature1 cupcup butter, room temperature1/2eggs2baking powder2 teaspoonsground cinnamon2 teaspoon
3
Turn mixer to low and add in the carrots and the flour, mixing until just incorporated.
4
Stir in the raisins and nuts.
5
Using a medium (2 tablespoon) sized cookie scoop, drop the dough 2- inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
6
Bake for ⏱️ 8-10 minutes until the edges are lightly golden.
7
As soon as they come out of the oven, press a spoon gently into the center of the cookie, creating a well. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
8
Frosting
9
In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together the butter and cream cheese for ⏱️ 1 minute until smooth. Add in the powdered sugar and vanilla and mix for ⏱️ 1 minutes until creamy, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
butter, room temperature1 cupcup butter, room temperature1/2cream cheese, room temperature4 ouncespowdered sugar2 cups
10
Transfer the frosting into a piping bag or a zip-top bag with the corner cut off. Pipe 2 teaspoons of frosting onto each cookie in the well you created. Alternately you can spread the frosting onto the cookie with a knife of offset spatula.
Nutrition Facts
calories
232 calories
fat Content
11 g
serving Size
1 cookie
fiber Content
0.8 g
sugar Content
20.8 g
sodium Content
101.4 mg
protein Content
2.2 g
trans Fat Content
0 g
cholesterol Content
40.6 mg
carbohydrate Content
32.2 g
saturated Fat Content
6.6 g
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