Quick and Easy Carrot Cake Cookies (with Cream Cheese Frosting)
These incredibly easy carrot cake cookies are deliciously soft, fluffy, and full of flavor. They’re everything you love about carrot cake in a cookie!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12cookies
Ingredients
Carrot Cake Cookies
1/2cupUnsalted Buttersoftened
1/4cupGranulated Sugar
3/4cupBrown Sugar
2Eggslarge
1tspVanilla Extract
1tspBaking Soda
1 1/2cupsFlour
1/4 tspSalt
1 tspCinnamonground
1/4tspGingerground
1/4tspClovesground
1cupCarrotsgrated
1/2cup Walnutschopped
Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2cupUnsalted Buttersoftened
8ozCream Cheesesoftened
1tspVanilla Extract
4 cupsPowdered Sugar
1/4 tspSalt
Instructions
For Carrot Cake Cookies:
Preheat the oven to 350° F.
Prep a cookie sheet with parchment paper or oil. Set aside until ready to use.
Peel and finely grate carrots. Measure, lightly packed, in a 1 cup measuring cup. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Beat until smooth and creamy.
Add the eggs and vanilla extract. Mix.
Add the baking soda, flour, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, and cloves. Mix until just combined.
Stir in the finely grated carrots and chopped walnuts.
Scoop dough into balls and place them on the prepared baking sheet. Leave space between each cookie.
Bake for about 9-13 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges.
Let cool on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes. The cookies firm up as they cool. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
For Cream Cheese Frosting:
In a large bowl, beat together room temperature butter and cream cheese until completely smooth.
Add vanilla and salt.
Gradually add the powdered sugar. Mix on low speed until combined (or it’ll fly up into your face and all over your kitchen… I speak from experience.). If you are using a hand mixer, add about a 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, mix on low, add another 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, mix on low again, and so on. Do this until everything is combined.
Once combined, increase to medium-high speed and beat until thick and creamy (about 1-2 minutes).
Frost cookies after they cool completely. Decorate as you wish! Tips are in the post above.