Carrot Cake Cookie Sandwiches
Easy Carrot Cake Cookie Sandwiches recipe. This chewy dessert idea is stuffed with cream cheese frosting to make it a great nut free snack.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup carrots, grated
- 1 cup rolled oats
Filling
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2 Tbsp salted butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg and vanilla until combined.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and baking soda.
- Slowly mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until fully incorporated. Fold in the carrots and oats.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Allow to cool completely on the baking sheet.
- Once the cookies are cooled, cream together the "filling" ingredients until smooth and creamy.
- Make a sandwich by adding the filling to the center of a cookie and topping it with another cookie.