Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting have all the flavors of a classic carrot cake, but in a charming and simplified handheld version! Made with a cake-like cookie base dotted with fine carrots, sweet spices, and they’re finished with a lightly tangy cream cheese frosting plus optional pecans for crunch.These carrot cake cookies are the supreme spring cookie… but you’ll find they’re so delicious you’ll want to serve them year round! They can be served as a single cookie as pictured or sandwich two together with a layer or that decadent cream cheese frosting in the middle for a whoopie pie carrot cake cookie.The texture will likely remind you of a muffin top where it’s and fluffy but has some chew and density to it as well.

They are melt-in-your-mouth tender soft, perfectly sweet with hints of tang from the frosting, and their warm spice flavor just shines.Plus they are fun to decorate with a cute carrot finish if time allows.The other great thing about these cookies is they freeze well so you can bake them ahead then just frost when you are ready to serve.

They are fun for kids and adults alike making them the ideal treat that you’ll want to add to your Easter or Mothers Day menu.Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe Ingredients All-purpose flour: This creates the foundation and overall structure of the cookie, just use regular all-purpose flour.Baking soda and baking powder: These are added to help the cookies rise.

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