Carrot Pecan Cookies

Submitted by Sharlene~W

"A cookie reminiscent of carrot cake."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 24 cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 teaspoon ground cardamom (optional)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 cup butter (at room temperature)
• 3⁄4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup carrot, grated
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup raisins

directions

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees; lightly grease 2 cookie sheets.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt and spices.
3. Beat the butter with the sugar until fluffy- 2 to 3 minutes.
4. Beat in the egg and the vanilla.
5. Beat in the flour mixture.
6. Stir in the carrots, nuts and raisins.
7. Drop the batter by generous tablespoons onto the baking sheets 2 inches apart.
8. Bake until the edges are lightly browned, about 15 minutes.

Reviews

[harponjo]

LOVED these - ate 10 in one sitting - now that is gready I know, however they had carrots in so I figured they may be a little healthy ;-) They are best cool. I whipped them up using a hand mixer, never mind all this beating. I have never used this method before but they came up really fluffy and well blended. I was gonna gift some, but there's not enough left!