Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing (2024)

ByKrista March 17, 2019May 10, 2024

If you love carrot cake you are going to adore these carrot cake cookies with cream cheese icing! They are soft and cake like and the icing is the perfect topping!

I have always loved carrot cake, there is something about the combination of moist cake topped with creamy cream cheese icing is just the best.

But I tend to like to make cupcakes or cookies more than whole cakes, the easy to grab eat treats get eaten faster in my house then a cake that requires getting a plate and fork… because boys like things that can leap into their mouths with little effort!

So I figured why not turn a delicious cake into a cookie? And these carrot cake cookies were born! Topped with cream cheese icing they are downright addicting!

Here’s what you’ll need for these Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing-

For the cookies-

1- Cup Butter (softened)

3/4- Cup White Sugar

3/4- Cup Brown Sugar

2- Eggs

2- tsp Vanilla

2 1/2- Cup Flour

1 tsp – Baking Soda

2- tsp – Cinnamon

1/2 tsp- Salt

2- Cups Grated Carrots

For the Icing –

4- Cups Powdered Sugar

8 oz. Cream Cheese (Softened)

1/2- Cup Butter (Softened)

1/2- tsp Vanilla

pinch of salt

For Decoration-

I used Wilton decorating icing in Green & Orange

Or you can use cute carrot cake decorations

The first thing you’ll want to do is preheat your oven to 350.

Now using a mixer cream together your butter, vanilla, white and brown sugar. Once that is all blended, add in your eggs one at a time and mix until they are well mixed.

Now add your flour a little at a time until it is all incorporated, then add in your baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

Once your batter is all mixed fold in your shredded carrots.

Now drop your cookie batter in rounded tablespoons onto a cookie sheet. I like to use a dough scoop to keep them all the same size.

Pop them in the oven for 11-13 minutes. Let them cool completely before frosting.

To make the frosting mix your cream cheese, butter, vanilla and salt together in an electric mixer until it is nice and creamy. Slowly add in your powdered sugar and blend until you have a nice creamy, fluffy icing.

No spread each carrot cake cookie with a nice layer of icing and if you want give them a little carrot decoration.

Try not to eat them as you go… it’s tough not to!

Serve these carrot cake cookies for Easter or any occasion where delicious cookies are needed!

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