Soft Carrot Cookies are like bite-sized carrot muffins. Moist and crumbly, these carrot cookies are easy to make and have a ton of flavour.
These cookies are soft, lightly spiced, and taste like a cross between carrot cake and carrot muffins. Spiced with cinnamon and other warm spices, these cookies are the perfect afternoon treat.
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Ingredients For Soft Carrot Cookies
To make this recipe, these ingredients are needed:
- All-purpose flour.
- Baking soda.
- Baking powder.
- Cinnamon.
- Ginger.
- Nutmeg.
- Sea salt.
- Butter.
- White sugar.
- Brown sugar.
- Eggs.
- Vanilla extract.
- Carrots.
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Optional Add-ins For Soft Carrot Cookies
To add a little texture or crunch to these cookies, try adding one of the following:
- Raisins. Yellow, Thompson, or sultana raisins can be added to the cookie batter before baking.
- Nuts. Add chopped walnuts or pecans to the batter for crunch. Alternatively, they can be sprinkled over the top of the cookies before baking.
Tips For Making Soft Carrot Cookies
When grating the carrots use the finest grate. This will help the carrots to blend into the batter evenly.
Pat the carrots with a clean towel or paper towel to remove some of the water from them.
Equipment For Making This Recipe
To cream the butter and sugars, we use a stand mixer, but a hand mixer can also be used.
To get the cookies even in size for baking, we use a 1-inch cookie scoop.
Serving Soft Carrot Cookies
Serve these cookies as an afternoon snack with a glass of milk, cup of coffee or tea. The spice in the cookies pairs well with a chai tea or latte.
These cookies also make a great dessert for Easter. We add a little cream cheese icing between two cookies to dress them up for Easter.
Looking for additional carrot recipes? Try our Homemade Carrot Cake.
Storing Cookies
Store these cookies in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to three days.
These cookies can also be frozen for up to three months. Thaw at room temperature before serving.
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Soft Carrot Cookies
Equipment
- Stand mixer or hand mixer
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ cups finely grated carrots
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and line cookie sheets with parchment or silicone mat
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and sea salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter for 2 minutes.
- Add sugars and cream until smooth.
- Add eggs and vanilla, stirring to combine.
- Fold in carrots.
- Scoop batter onto prepared pans, leaving about 1½ -2 inches between cookies.
- Bake 12 minutes.
- Cool 2-3 minutes on the pans before transferring to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
- Store cooled cookies in an air-tight container.
