Filled Carrot Cake Cookies
Source of Recipe
Live Journal Comment on Hip Domestics
Recipe Introduction
LJ USer, ILoveHounds, requested this and quickly got a response from heartshpdbox. Yay for LJ!
Recipe Link: http://www.livejournal.com/community/hip_domestics/1367987.html?view=14368179#t14368179 List of Ingredients
1 1/8 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 stick unsalted butter -- room temp.
1/3 cup +2 tablespoons light .brown sugar
1/3 cup +2 tablespoons white sugar
1 large egg
1 cup coarsely grated carrot
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 tsp vanilla
FILLING
1/4 cup honey
8 ozs cream cheeseRecipe
Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease two baking sheets.
Combine dry ingredients and set aside. Beat sugars, butter, egg and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in carrots, nuts and raisins, and then dry ingredients, just to combine. Drop batter by well rounded tablespoons on sheets, 2 ins apart.
Bake for 12-16 minutes, switching position of sheets halfway through baking time. Remove and cool on pans for 1 minute; remove from pans and cool completely.
For filling: Combine cream cheese and honey to a smooth consistency and spread between two cookies to make sandwiches. Store in air tight container in the fridge.
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