The Story:
Sometimes I bake things and I am very happy I made them, but I don’t expect to be baking them again unless I fill an order. And other times, I bake things and I say to myself, “Wow, I will be making these again soon.” These cookies are ridiculous. They are seriously carrot CAKE cookies. They are so fluffy it’s out of control! And with the sweet cream cheese filling, these babies are just perfect—a fun twist on traditional carrot cake.
The hint of oatmeal is nice and you can taste it in the oatmeal coconut cookies I like to make as well.
Carrot Cake Cookies:
½ cup butter, softened
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup sugar
2 eggs1 ¾ cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon cinnamon
½ tablespoon pumpkin spice
¾ cup oatmeal, old fashioned
8 oz pineapple, drained
1 cup carrots
¾ cup walnuts (optional)
¾ cup raisins (optional)
Cream Cheese Filling:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
¼ cup butter softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons cheesecake instant pudding powder (optional)
3-4 cups powdered sugar
Yields 36 cookies (18 sandwiches)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with parchment paper.
2. Beat butter, brown sugar and sugar until light and fluffy. Scrape the bowl down as needed.
3. On slow, add eggs one at a time until fully incorporated.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice.
5. Slowly add flour mixture and oatmeal to sugar mixture until combined. Do no over mix.
6. Stir in drained pineapple, carrots, walnut and raisins.
7. Scoop out dough balls the size of a tablespoon and bake for 8-12 minutes, or until the tops are firm like a cake/muffin. Let cool on cooling racks. (I topped my dough balls with some Turbinado sugar to give them an extra crunch.)
8. Cream Cheese Filling: Beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and instant pudding powder. Add powdered sugar slowly until you reach your desired consistency.
9. Pipe filling onto the bottom of half the cooled cookies, then sandwich them!
Wow! They look amazing! Including carrot makes them healthy, right?!
Can you leave out the pineapple or will it change how they bake?
Add a tiny bit of milk and you should be good!
I think this is a new favorite for me! 🙂 I am one of those people who always change the recipe…so I did add 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla and changed the frosting…the frosting on here sounds delicious but my dad hates cream cheese so I made a cinnamon frosting instead. 🙂 If you want it to taste more tropical than you could also substitute coconut for the oatmeal.
I loe this recipe! I’ve done it a million times now, but i was wondering, instead of making little sandwiches can I bake it like a cake?Thank you
yeah, a cookie cake would work. And then slather the top with the frosting. It will still be more sturdy like a cookie and not a “cake” though.
I am going to try these Sandwiches at home!
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