Honorable Mention - Contest Recipe 2009! Mmm! Bite into cookies that remind you of eating carrot cake smothered in cream cheese frosting. They're made easily from a cookie mix.
Carrot Cake-Oatmeal Cookies
- Prep Time 60 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Oatmeal Cookie Mix
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup grated carrots
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 egg
Frosting
- 4 oz (half of 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup finely chopped nuts, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie ingredients until stiff dough forms.
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Step2On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart.
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Step3Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4In small bowl, mix cream cheese, 1 tablespoon butter, the vanilla and powdered sugar with spoon until smooth. Spread frosting over cookies. Sprinkle with nuts. Store tightly covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition
110
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
16g
Total Carbohydrate
10g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 110
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 13%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 85mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 16g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 10g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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