Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies
Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies are soft, chewy, and jam-packed with delicious carrot cake flavor. The cream cheese frosting makes them better!
Servings 24 Sandwiches
Calories 240kcal
Equipment
- large mixing bowl
- Electric mixer
- Cookie scoop
- Baking sheets or Cookie Sheets
- Wire rack
- medium bowl
- piping bag or ziploc bag
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 ¼ cups brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 ¾ cups flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon ginger
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ cups oats
- 1 cup grated carrots
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Filling:
- ½ cup butter softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Pinch of salt
- 3 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until it’s light and fluffy.
- Add in the eggs and beat. Add in the vanilla and mix.
- In a small bowl, whisk the flour, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, nutmeg, salt and baking soda.
- Gradually add it into the butter mixture until well combined.
- Add in the oats, grated carrots and pecans and mix.
- Using a cookie scoop to achieve uniform sized cookies, scoop the dough onto a baking tray, placing the cookies about 2” apart.
- Place in the oven and bake for 11-12 minutes, until lightly golden on the edges.
- Remove and place on a cooling rack to cool completely.
- To make the filling, beat the butter and cream cheese together until smooth.
- Add in the vanilla, salt and powdered sugar and beat until the frosting is smooth and creamy.
- Scoop into a piping bag with a piping tip of choice.
- Turn one cookie upside down and swirl a circle of filling.
- Place the top cookie over the frosting and gently press down to create a sandwich.
- Repeat until all the cookies are made into sandwiches.
- Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- When ready to eat, pull them out of the refrigerator for about 15 minutes prior to serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 109mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 1001IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg