Soft and Chewy Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ 

๐—œ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€:

1 cup all-purpose flour ๐ŸŒพ
1/2 tsp baking soda ๐Ÿง
1/2 tsp baking powder ๐Ÿง
1/2 tsp cinnamon ๐ŸŒฐ
1/4 tsp nutmeg ๐ŸŒฟ
1/4 tsp salt ๐Ÿง‚
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened ๐Ÿงˆ
1/2 cup granulated sugar ๐Ÿš
1/2 cup brown sugar ๐Ÿฏ
1 large egg ๐Ÿฅš
1 tsp vanilla extract ๐Ÿฆ
1 cup grated carrots ๐Ÿฅ•
1/2 cup raisins ๐Ÿ‡
Optional: 1/2 cup chopped walnuts ๐ŸŒฐ

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:

4 oz cream cheese, softened ๐Ÿฐ
2 tbsp unsalted butter, softened ๐Ÿงˆ
1 cup powdered sugar ๐Ÿฉ
1 tsp vanilla extract ๐Ÿฆ

๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:

1. Preheat the oven: ๐Ÿ”ฅ Preheat your oven to 350ยฐF (175ยฐC) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper to prevent the cookies from sticking. ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿณ

๐Ÿฎ. ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜… ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: ๐ŸŒพ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ, ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ, ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐Ÿ

3. Cream the butter and sugars: ๐Ÿงˆ In a separate large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. This step creates a smooth, creamy base for the cookies. ๐Ÿš๐Ÿฏ

๐Ÿฐ. ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: ๐Ÿฅš ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ (๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด) ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ. ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿ‡

๐Ÿฑ. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜…๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜…, ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿณ

6. Scoop and bake: ๐Ÿช Drop rounded tablespoons of cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden but the centers are still soft. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. ๐ŸŽ‚

7. Make the cream cheese frosting: ๐Ÿฐ In a small bowl, beat the softened cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Gradually add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract, beating until the frosting is creamy and spreadable. ๐Ÿง

8. Frost the cookies: Once the cookies are completely cool, spread a layer of cream cheese frosting on top of each cookie. The frosting adds a tangy sweetness that pairs perfectly with the spiced cookies. Enjoy! ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿช

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ | ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ | ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฎ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€
๐—ž๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น: ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ธ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น | ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€: ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€

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