Oatmeal Carrot Cookies
These Oatmeal Carrot Cookies are soft, delicious and taste like carrot cake! Serve plain or with cream cheese frosting!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
chilling time 2 hours
Total Time 19 minutes
Servings 18 cookies
Calories 158 kcal
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup shredded carrots See note
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts if desired
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
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In a large mixing bowl, whisk together oats, flour, baking powder and soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt.
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In a medium mixing bowl, whisk cooled butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Add egg and vanilla and whisk well. Add carrots and nuts and stir in.
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Combine wet ingredients with ddry ingredients and stir until well incorporated.
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Cover bowl with cookie dough and chill for at least 2 hours.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Scoop cookie dough with 1.5 tablespoon size cookie scoop. Place 2" apart on sheet.
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Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Nine minutes was my magic number.
Recipe Notes
Shreed on the small hole side of your grater. You don't want long strings of carrots in your cookies. I do that in my The Best Moist Carrot Cake recipe too.
Nutrition Facts
Oatmeal Carrot Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 158
Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7g
11%
Saturated Fat 3g
15%
Cholesterol 22mg
7%
Sodium 106mg
4%
Potassium 97mg
3%
Total Carbohydrates 19g
6%
Dietary Fiber 1g
4%
Sugars 9g
Protein 2g
4%
Vitamin A
27.2%
Vitamin C
0.5%
Calcium
2.5%
Iron
4.6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.