Carrot Cookies
"If you like carrot cake you will love these cookies. I have had this recipe for years, tearing it out from a 1986 Family Circle Christmas cookie issue. Note that I make a few substitions to this original recipe....1/2 cup canola oil instead of butter, and I use whole wheat flour for health's sake. They come out great. Everyone loves these cookies and I don't even mention that they are a "health food" recipe. Doubling the ingredients works fine and the cookies freeze very well. My husband raids the fridge and eats them frozen!"
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
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36 cookies
ingredients
- 2 1⁄4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour or 2 1/4 cups wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1⁄2 1/2 cup margarine, softened or 1/2 cup canola oil
- 3⁄4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄2 cups finely grated raw carrots
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup golden raisin
- 1 cup shredded coconut (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease cookie sheets.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg into small bowl.
- Beat together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a large mixer bowl until well mixed.
- Beat in egg, vanilla and orange rind.
- Stir in four mixture until well blended.
- Gently stir in carrot, coconut, walnuts and raisins.
- Dough will be very stiff, but don't worry.
- Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets, leaving about 2 inches between the cookies.
- Sometimes I press the dough together with my fingers to make the cookie less crumbly when placing on the cookie sheets.
- Bake cookies in preheated 350 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly colored.
- Remove to wire racks to cool.
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Reviews
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Geema, these cookies were wonderful and the combination of spices was excellent! I found them easy to make and my DH loved them! Thank you. -
I liked the fact the cookies contained raisins and carrots, but the spices were almost too overpowering with the quantity used; next time I think I would reduce the amount of spices. Also I didn't realize these cookies are "rock" shaped cookies, rather than flat cookies--that might have been a key fact to let people know how they are supposed to turn out looking (at least that helps me:). Thanks for posting the recipe Geema. -
Very, very good, moist, healthy cookies. I made them just like the recipe said, used butter, next time I will use more cinnamon. Love cinnamon. These are very good with a cup of coffee. Geema, Thank you so much for another tasty recipe.
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Okay, so my verdict. They are a very nice spice cookie. My favorite thing is that they are not overly sweet due to the balance of sugars. I cut the nutmeg in 1/2 though because sometimes a little goes a long way and I think that was a good decision. I put in about 1/3 cup unsweetened coconut and about 1/2 cup chopped pecans. I will make them again. -
Pretty good flavor, but I found the dough so crumbly and difficult to work with. Otherwise, not bad at all.
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Geema
Naples, 87
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