Frosted Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe

April 21, 2014

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Happy Easter! I hope that you are having a wonderful and relaxing Sunday. Today we are getting together with all the sisters and their families for family dinner and an Easter egg hunt. It will be anything but relaxing, but that's how we roll. :) We only have a couple more weeks of being together because Kristen and her family will soon be moving to Indiana and Steph and her husband are headed to California. We have felt so blessed to have been lucky enough to all be in Utah for the last

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
dash of cloves
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup coarsely grated carrots
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, and vanilla. Add egg and mix well. Add flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda, salt and mix until completely combined. Fold in...
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Nutritions

Calories
177

Sodium
118mg
4% DV

Fat
7g
12% DV

Protein
2g
4% DV

Carbs
23g
8% DV

Fiber
0.7999999999999999g
3% DV

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